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slight, formed of lunules ; marginal lunules black, pale-bordered ; 

 exterior border distinctly angular. Fore-wings rectangular at 

 the tips, with a black nearly round discal spot, which on the under- 

 side forms a black white-bordered lunule ; costa straight, with 

 alternate elongated pale and brown streaks. 



Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Brazil. 



Genus Blepttna, Guen. 

 Bleptina responsalis. 

 Mas. — Fuscescente-cinerea, palpis corporis dimidio longioribus 

 angulatis ascendentibus supra thoracem reflexis articulo So 

 penicillato, alis linea sub-marginali recta obliqua nigricante ; 

 anticse acutse, margine exteriore convexo ; posticse palli- 

 diores. 



Male. — Brownish cinereous. Palpi much like those of B. peni- 

 cillalis. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind-wings. Fore- 

 wings acute ; markings indistinct, except a blackish straight 

 oblique sub-marginal line, which also appears on the paler hind- 

 wings ; exterior border convex, not angular. 



Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Brazil. 



Bleptina penicillalis. 

 Mas. — Fuscescente-cinerea, palpis corporis dimidio longioribus 

 angulatis ascendentibus supra thoracem reflexis articulo 3o 

 penicillato, alis anticis sub-falcatis, linea sub-marginali angu- 

 lata pallide cinerea nigricante marginata, litura discali parva 

 pallida elongata, punctis marginalibus nigris, margine exte- 

 riore angulato. 



Male. — Brownish-cinereous. Palpi much more than half the 

 length of the body, angular, rising high above the head, reflexed 

 over the thorax ; 3rd joint longer than the 2nd, with a long fan- 

 shaped apical tuft of hairs. Antennaa slender, smooth, Fore- 

 wings sub-falcate, rather narrow ; lines indistinct, except the sub- 

 marginal line, which is pale cinereous, blackish-bordered, and forms 

 a distinct angle in the middle ; marginal points black ; exterior 

 border angular in the middle ; discal mark minute, pale, elon- 

 gated. 



Length of the body 4 lines : of the wings 11 lines. 



Brazil. 



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