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NOCTUIDiE. 



with white. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with dark brown ; 

 subbiisal line slight, blackish, oblique, from costa to snbmedian 

 fold ; antemedial line black slightly defined on inner side by 

 grey, exciirved from costa to median nervure, then incurved to 

 just above inner margin, then upwards and outwards and down 

 to inner margin, thus forming a sinus filled with dark brown and 

 with a triangular dark brown patch beyond it at costa, these 

 antemedial markings followed by a straight oblique pale grey band ; 

 reniform defined by dark brown and with straight oblique inner 

 edge; an oblique dark brown medial shade ; postmedial line dark 

 brown, oblique slightly sinuous and defined on outer side by white 

 from costa to vein 6, incurved at discal fold, below vein 3 retracted 

 to inner side of lower edge of reniform, and sinuous to inner margin, 

 some dark brown beyond it towards costa and some whitish points 

 on costa with dark streaks between them ; subterminal line 

 whitish, oblique, sinuous and defined on inner side by brown towards 

 costa, with a small wedge shaped black spot before it below costa 



Fig, 31. — Thyrwcles flaheUum, S. 



and a quadrate spot below vein 7 connected with the postmedial 

 line, then reduced to minute white streaks on the veins, with a few 

 black scales at middle and a small black spot at submedian fold ; 

 a fine waved dark terminal lino with a series of minute points in 

 the interspaces ; cilia grey-brown with a fine pale line at base. 

 Hind wing brown, the basal area whitish, a slight dark terminal 

 line ; cilia with fine white line at base and whitish tips. 

 Underside of fore wing grey, the costal area to postmedial line 

 and the termen irrorated with browm, the postmedial area suffused 

 with brown, the postmedial line defined on outer side by white, 

 reduced to spots between veins 8 and 6 ; hind wing purplish grey 

 irrorated with brown, the costal area except towards base and 

 terminal area suffused with brown, a slight white discoidal lunule 

 defined at sides by brown, postmedial line brown defined on outer 

 side by white, minutely waved, oblique towards costa and ending 

 near tornus. 



Hah. Mexico, Teapa, Tabasco {H. H. SmifJi), 1 J ; Guatemala, 

 San Geronirao (C'hamjnon), 1 c? , Volean de Atitlan (Champion), 

 1 6 , Godman-fcfalvin Coll. ; Costa IIica ; Panama. Exp. 32-34 

 millim. 



