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^ 42. Ledra. episcopalis. 



TestaceUj fusiformis ; caput subtus sulcatum ; alee anticce punc- 

 tatcB ; al(B posticce sublitnpidce. 



Testaceous, spindle-shaped : head and chest minutely punc- 

 tured : head conical, as broad as the chest, very slightly arched, not 

 ridged, slightly concave along the hind border, very slightly increas- 

 ing in breadth from the base to the obtuse angle on each side ; its 

 length almost equal to its breadth ; underside with a longitudinal 

 furron^ ; face small : shield transversely rugulose towards the hind 

 border ; scutcheon with a distinct arched suture across the middle : 

 fore-wings thickly punctured from the base to the tips : hind-wings 

 almost colourless. Length of the body 4f lines ; of the wings 8 

 lines. 



a. Columbia. From M. Jurgens' collection. 



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43. Ledea guttata. ^ 



5S 



Testacea, fusiformis^ nigro punctata; abdomen nigro quinguevit- 

 tatum ; pedes fusco varii ; alee anticce piceo strigatce ,• ala 

 posticce sublimpidce. 



Dull testaceous, spindle-shaped : head and chest flat, covered 

 with black points: head short-conical, as broad as the chest, not 

 arched, hardly ridged, very slightly concave along the hind border, 

 which has a black dot ; its length about half its breadth ; face and 

 epistoma pale testaceous ; face with slight oblique pitchy bands on 

 each side ; epistoma linear, black and rounded on the fore border : 

 mouth ferruginous : scutcheon with a distinct slightly arched trans- 

 verse suture: abdomen with five black stripes, the middle one and 

 the inner pair interrupted : legs mottled with brown : fore-wino-s 

 pale testaceous, not punctured ; borders of the areolets with pitchy 

 pencillings ; some larger and darker marks along the disk and along 

 the hind border: hind-wings almost colourless. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. 



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