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34. Telesto compacta, Butl. 



(Male. A.M.N.H. (5), ix., p. 87, 1882 ; female, Hesperilla 

 ^cepticalis, Rosen, I.e., xvi., p. 379, t. 11, fig. 2, 1885; A. and 

 ;S'., Vict. Butt., p. 127, 1893.) 



Male, 25 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen golden- 

 ochreous, densely clothed with short greenish-ochreous hairs; 

 beneath whitish. Antennae dark fuscous, annulated beneath 

 with ochreous, club with apical two-thirds reddish. Legs red- 

 dish-ochreous, anterior pair mixed with whitish. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, cos(ta slightly arched at base, faintly sinuate 

 in middle ; termen bowed, oblique ; dark golden-ochreous ; 

 markings yellowish-white ; an elongate sub-crescentic mark in 

 posterior end of cell, posterior extremity hardly reaching end 

 of cell ; a moderate roundish post-cellular spot above and 

 beyond apex of stigma ; an oblique transverse series of 3 some- 

 what quadrate sub-costal spots, at about two-thirds from base, 

 median smallest ; stigma short, black, somewhat broken into 

 spots, obliquely placed, from considerably above inner margin 

 towards anterior edge of post-cellular spot, but not near reach- 

 ing it; cilia ochreous-reddish, mixed with blackish and with a 

 dark fuscous terminal line. Hindwings with termen slightly 

 waved ; color as in forewings ; base and inner margin clothed 

 with greenish-ochreous hairs ; markings yellowish-white ; 2 very 

 small roundish spots at one-third from base in middle ; a trans- 

 verse band of four cartridge-shaped spots at about two-thirds 

 from base, upper one much smaller and touching second ; cilia 

 as in forewings. Under side of forewings yellowish-orange, 

 dorsal half broadly blackish-fuscous ; markings of u,pper side, 

 except stigma, reproduced, but color more silvery, especially 

 sub-costal spots. Hindwings reddish-ochreous ; markings of 

 upper side reproduced in silvery white, and more or less edged 

 with dark fuscous ; an additional similar and smaller spot lying 

 between veins 7 and 8 near base ; 2 very small spots, one above 

 first spot of band ; second, adjacent to fourth spot of band, the 

 whole forming a band of six spots instead of four ; cilia reddish- 

 ochreous. 



Female, 24-26 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark 

 fuscous, clothed with greenish-yellow hairs, beneath whitish, 

 abdomen beneath fleshy-white. Legs reddish-ochreous. An- 

 tennae dark fuscous, annulated above and below with white, 

 club dark fuscous, beneath reddish. Forewings elongate-trian- 

 c*ular, cos'a gently arched, termen bowed, oblique ; dark golden- 

 fuscous ; basal area Siparsely clothed with short ochreous hairs ; 

 markings whitish, semi-hyaline ; a somewhat 8-shaped spot 



