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rather beyond the hind wings, pale luteous beneath. Fore wings cha- 

 lybeous-tinged with the exception of a broad dark gilded marginal 

 band; fringe red; tips retuse. Hind wings bright luteous, with a 

 broad blackish band which blends with the ferruginous hue along the 

 exterior border. Length of the body 9^ lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



Gren. Casperia. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi supra 

 thoracem reflexi ; articulus 2"^ fimbriatus ; 3"^ fasciculatus, 2° 

 vix brevior. Antenncs setosge. Abdomen alas posticas nou su- 

 perans ; fasciculus apicalis compressus, minimus. Pedes antici 

 usque ad tarsorum apices densissime fasciculati. AIcb anticse 

 amplse, acut^e, fimbria costali brevi reflexa, margine exteriore 

 vix obliquo ; posticse margine exteriore subangulato. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi reflexed 

 over the bead and the thorax, and extending nearly to the bind 

 border of the latter ; second joint with a short thick fringe ; 

 third nearly as long as the second, clothed from the base to the 

 tip with a long thick clavate tuft of hairs. Antennse setose. 

 Pectus clothed with long hairs. Abdomen not extending be- 

 yond the hind wings ; apical tuft compressed, very small. Legs 

 stout ; spurs long. Pore legs clothed nearly to the tips of the 

 tarsi with a very thick mass of hairs. Posterior femora and 

 hind tibiae fringed. Wings long, broad ; intermediate veins 

 distinct towards the exterior border. Fore wings acute ; a short 

 reflexed costal fringe along one-fourth of the length from the 

 base ; exterior border slightly rounded, hardly oblique. Hind 

 wings with the exterior border slightly angular near the interior 

 angle. 



Casperia erebipennis. Mas. Obscure fusca, palpis pedibusque an- 

 ticis cervino pilosis ; alis fascia postmedia cervina indistincta lineam 

 nigraui dentatam includente, linea exteriore cervina pallidiore angulosa, 

 lunulis marginalibus nigris ochraceo marginatis ; alis anticis guttis 

 duabus ochraceis, linea antemedia nigra dentata. 



Male. Dark brown, cinereous brown beneath. Palpi and fore legs 

 clothed with fawn-coloured hairs. Wings with an indistinct fawn-co- 

 loui-ed postmedial band which includes a dentate black line ; an exte- 

 rior paler fawn-coloured zigzag line ; marginal lunules black, bordered 

 with ochraceous. Fore wings with a black dentate line at a little beyond 

 one-third of the length from the base ; an ochi-aceous subcostal dot 

 nearer the base ; another ochraceous dot in the areolet. Length of 

 the bodv 12 lines; of the wings 34 lines. 



