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veins whitish, except in the brown parts ; two irregular lines of trans- 

 verse veins j a whitish costal point beyond the middle. Hind wings 

 with black veins. Length of the body 1^ line, of the wings 4 lines 

 Hah. Sula. 



76. Brixia bicolor. Mas. Fulva, gracilis, capite subcompresso late- 

 ribus carinatis, fascia fusca, fronte facieque albidis unicarinatis, meso- 

 thorace carinis tribus albidis, pectore pedibusque albidis, alis pallida 

 cinereis nigro venosis, alis anticis guttis quatuor costalibus guttaque 

 postica nigricantibus. 



Male. Tawny, slender. Head slightly compressed, with prominent 

 borders ; a brown band on the summit of the front ; vertex twice 

 as broad as long; front and face whitish, with one keel; front 

 widening from the vertex to the face, where it is a little broader than 

 long. Prothorax arched, very short. Mesothorax with three whitish 

 keels. Pectus and legs whitish. Wings pale cinereous ; veins black. 

 Fore wings with four blackish costal dots on the veins between the 

 tip and the stigma, which is also blackish; a blackish dot on the 

 hind border near the base ; two irregular lines of transverse veins. 

 Length of the body 1| line, of the wings 4 lines. 



Hub. New G'uinea. 



77. Brixia puncticosta. Fcem. Fulva, capite lateribus carinatis, 

 vertice transverso, fronte facieque unicarinatis, prothorace et meso- 

 thorace albido tricarinatis, abdomine fusco segmentis testaceo margi- 

 natis, pcdibus testaceis, alis diaphanis nigro venosis ; alis anticis guttis 

 marginalibus nigrls, stigmate luteo nigro-biguttato. Var. /3. Capite 

 thoraceque testaceis, abdomine basi apicequc testaceo. 



Femalp. Tawny. Head with jnominent borders ; vertex broader than 

 long ; front and face with one keel ; front increasing in breadth from 

 the vertex to the face, where it is not longer than broad. Prothorax 

 and mesothorax with three whitish keels. Prothorax arched, very 

 short. Mesothorax with the lateral keels diverging from the fore 

 border to two-thirds of the length, converging thence to the hind 

 border, where they are united; middle keel abbreviated hind ward. 

 Abdomen brown ; hind borders of the segments testaceous. Legs 

 testaceous, short, slender. Wings pellucid; veins mostly black. 

 Fore wings with a luteous stigma, which has a black dot at each end; 

 veins beyond the stigma, and along the exterior border with a black 

 dot on the tip of each ; two black dots on the hind border ; two lines 

 of transverse veins. Length of the body 1^ line, of the wings 

 4 lines. 



Hah. Morty. 



Var. /3. Male. Head and thorax testaceous. Abdomen testaceous at 

 the base and at the tip. 



Hah. My sol. 



