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Abdomen acuminated, not extending beyond the hind-wings. 

 Hind-tibiae with very long apical spurs. Wings moderately 

 broad. Fore-wings with minute black speckles, which are con- 

 fluent between the basal and interior lines and about the apical 

 part of the costa ; orbicular and reniform marks black, small ; four 

 pale fawn-coloured black-bordered lines ; basal and exterior lines 

 slightly undulating ; exterior line angular, bent ; sub-marginal line 

 zigzag, more indistinct ; marginal lunulas black, accompanied by 

 black points ; fringe long, full. Hind-wings black-speckled, with 

 marginal lunules and with some traces of the other lines. 

 Length of the body 3| lines ; of the wings 9 lines, 

 Brazil. * 



Fam. POAPHILTD^, Guen. 

 Genus CoNDATE, n. g. 



Fcem. — Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi oblique as- 



cendentes, compressi, longissimi ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 



2o brevier. Thorax squamosus. Abdomen alas posticas 



non superans. Pedes robusti ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 



quatuor longissimis. Alae breviusculae, latiusculae ; anticae 



vix falcatae, costa subrecti, margine exteriore vix obliquo. 



Female. — Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi compressed, 



very long, obliquely ascending, rising much higher than the head ; 



2nd joint elongate-fusiform ; 3rd lanceolate, shorter than the 2nd. 



Thorax squamous. Abdomen conical, not extending beyond the 



hind-wings. Legs stout, not long; hind-tibiae with two pair of 



very long spurs. Wings rather short and broad. Fore-wings 



hardly falcate ; costa almost straight ; exterior border convex, 



hardly oblique. 



Allied to Poapkila, Guen. 



Condate hypenoides. 



Fcem. — Obscure cinereo-rufescens, alis nigro-conspersis purpu- 



rascente sub-tinctis, linea exteriore rufa sub-recta flavescente 



marginata, lined sub-marginali angulosa vix conspicud, alis an- 



ticis linea interiore sub-undulata, reniformi e guttis duabus 



nigris pallide marginatis, maculis duabus exterioribus nigris 



diffusis. 



Female. — Dark cinereous-reddish, brownish-cinereous beneath. 



Wings minutely black-speckled, slightly purplish-tinged ; exterior 



line brighter red, yellowish-bordered, nearly straight ; submar- 



ginal line zig-zag, very indistinct ; marginal points black, yel- 



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