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Female. — Reddisli fawn-colour. Thorax in front deep ferru- 

 ginous red. Wings beneath brown, with pale cinereous borders. 

 Fore-wings paler hindwaid, with four oblique but not parallel 

 testaceous lines ; a testaceous point between the 1st and 2nd lines ; 

 reniform mark distinguished by two black white-marked points 

 between the 2ud and 3rd lines ; sub-marginal line composed of 

 white black-marked points. Hind-wings blackish-brown ; fringe 

 cinereous. 



Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Amazon Region. 



Fam. AMPHIPYRIDiE, Gu6n, 



Genus Gaphara, n. g. 



Mas. — Corpus robustum. Proboscis valida. Palpi erecti, suh- 

 arcuati, caput non superantes, articulo So lanceolate. An- 

 tennae simplices. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. 

 Pedes robusti ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. 

 Alae margine exteriore subflexo ; anticae sub-quadratae. 



Male. — Body stout. Proboscis robust. Palpi vertical, slightly 

 curved, not rising higher than the head ; 3rd joint lanceolate, 

 about half the length of the 2nd. Antennae simple. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind-wings. Legs stout ; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad ; exterior 

 border very slightly bent. Fore-wings sub-quadrate at the tips. 



Allied to Amphipt/ra. 



Gaphara sobria. 



Mas. — Cinereo-fusca, alls anticis lineis interiore et exteriore nigri- 

 cantibus sub-undulatis albido diffuse marginatis, linea sub- 

 marginali nigricante dentata extus luteo-marginata, orbiculari 

 et reniformi sub-luteis fusco-marginatis, alis posticis albidis 

 fusco-marginatis. 



Male. — Cinereous-brown. Abdomen cinereous. Fore- wings 

 with the interior and exterior lines blackish, slightly undulating, 

 very diffusely whitish-bordered ; sub-marginal line blackish, 

 dentate, luteous-bordered on the outer side ; orbicular and reni- 

 form marks slightly luteous, brown-bordered, the former large 

 and round. Hind-wings whitish, with diffuse brown borders ; 

 underside with a blackish discal dot. 



Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Country unknown. 



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