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Sect. II. Antenna of male with the branches long on outer side, short on 

 inner side. 



7491. Ctenusa l)revipecten, n. sp. 



c? . Head ochreous mixed with dark brown ; antennae dark 

 brown ; palpi rufoas, the 3rd joint dark brown : thorax and abdomen 

 pale ochreous slightly tinged with brown, the latter with faint 

 rufous segmental lines; fore coxae and femora rufous, the fore and 

 mid tibiae and the tarsi dark brown. Fore wing grejish ochreous 

 irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area suffused with brown ; 

 a slight curved brown antemedial line with black points at the 

 veins ; a small elliptical black- brown discoidal spot with spot above 

 it on costa and slight oblique shade from it to inner margin ; a 

 small postmedial black spot on costa and a series of points on the 



Fig. 80. — Ctenusa hrevipecfen, (^ 



veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a straight erect ochreous 

 subterminal line, defined on inner side by dark brown and on outer 

 by a series of points, ending at tornus ; a series of slight dark 

 jjoints before termen ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing 

 ochreous slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated witli brown, the 

 terminal area suffused with brown ; a medial series of black points 

 from discal fold to above vein 1 ; a faint ochreous subterminal line 

 from vein 5 to tornus and a series of blackish points before termen ; 

 a slight brown terminal line and pale line at base of cilia. Under- 

 side of both wings pale ochreous suffused with rufous and the 

 terminal area with dark brown, small black discoidal spots. 



Hah. S. NiGEKiA, Lagos, Olokeraeji {Dudgeon), 1 c5' type ; 

 Senegal. Exp. 44 millim. 



