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only ; inner angle somewhat rounded ; inner margin straight, of exactly 

 the same length as the outer margin ; costal nervure ending on the 

 costa beyond the apex of the cell ; subcostal nervules arising at de- 

 creasing distances apart ; upper disco-cellular nervule rather long, 

 strongly outwardly oblique ; middle disco-cellular upright, strongly con- 

 cave ; lower disco-cellular straight, strongly inwardly oblique, a little 

 longer than the upper, much shorter than the middle disco-cellular ; 

 second median nervule arising far before the lower end of the cell ; first 

 median arising a little nearer to the base of the wing than to the lower 

 end of the cell ; submedian nervure straight ; the secondary sexual 

 character consists of an oblique linear glandular streak of very thick 

 scales extending on the upperside from about the middle of the sub- 

 median nervure to just before the base of the second median nervule, 

 the lower portion of the streak in the submedian interspace is nearly 

 upright, and divided into two by the internervular fold, the anterior 

 portion 'is greatly curved outwardly. Hlndwing, somewhat circular, 

 longer than broad ; costa much arched at base, less arched to apex ; 

 apex rounded ; outer margin very convex to anal angle, slightly emar- 

 ginate about termination of first median nervule ; anal angle rounded ; 

 abdominal margin straight ; costal nervure arched, ending at the apex 

 of the wing ; first subcostal nervule arising far before the apex of the 

 cell ; discoidal cell broad, short, not nearly reaching to the middle of 

 the wing ; discoidal nervule present, but very attenuated ; disco-cellular 

 nervules upright, concave, of equal length ; second median nervule 

 arising a little before the lower end of the cell; first median arising 

 about twice as far from the second as the second does from the first, 

 arising much nearer to the lower end of the cell than to the base of 

 the wing ; submedian and internal nervures straight. Antennje very 

 long, a little less than two-thirds as long as the costa of the forewing, 

 the club moderate, terminating in a long curved whip-like point. 

 Palpi broad, densely hairy, the third joint hidden beneath the second. 

 Thorax robust. Abdomen rather slender, not reaching to the anal 

 angle of the hindwing. Legs, hindleg, femur and tibia heavily 

 fringed with long hairs, with two pairs of spines. Female. Differs 

 from the male only in the wings being broader, and in lacking the 

 male brand on the upperside of the forewing. Type, Zela zeus, de 

 Niceville. 



