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NOCTXJID^. 



of a whitish hmule ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing 

 semihyaline white ; the costal area irrorated with fuscous ; some 

 dark strige on termen. 



2 . Hind wing with the termen irrorated with fuscous. 

 ffab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 d , 1 $ . Exj)- 34 millim. 



975. Lycophotia aspersa. (Plate LXXV. fig. 13.) 



Siwdoptera asjxrsa, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 117. 



cj' . Head and 1 horax pale brown mixed with grey ; palpi blackish 

 at sides except towards tips ; tegulse with blackish medial line ; 

 abdomen ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, the anal tuft 

 ochreous. Fore wing pale brown irrorated with fuscous ; no trace 

 of the ante- and postmedial lines ; orbicular and reniform very 

 obscurely defined by fuscous, the former round ; the subterminal 

 line represented by a greyish bar from costa, then by an indistinct 

 series of small ochreous and blackish dentate marks ; a slight 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing pure white ; the 

 underside with the costal area irrorated with dark brown, some 

 black points on termen towards apex. 



Ilab. CniivE (Edmonds), 1 (5 type. E^vj^. 32 millim. 



976. Lycophotia diana. (Plate LXXV. fig. 14.) 



Ochrc/pleura diana, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 132. 



S • Head and tegulse red-brown strongly mixed with grey ; 

 palpi blackish except at tips ; the extremity of tegulae and thorax 

 red-brown, the scales tipped with grey ; pectus and legs rufous and 

 grey ; abdomen whitish tinged with ochreous, the ventral surface 

 irrorated with rufous and black. Fore wing red-brown irrorated 

 slightly with black ; the basal area, costal area to beyond middle, 

 and veins suffused with grey ; the subbasal line represented by 

 rufous strise from costa and median nervure ; antemedial line in- 

 distinct, oblique, somewhat waved ; orbicular a small black spot 

 with ochreous annulus ; reniform an ochreous white lunule ; the 

 postmedial line indistinct, minutely waved, bent outwards below 

 costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a terminal series of 

 blackish points. Hind wing semihyaline white, with some dark 

 points on costal half of termen ; the underside with the costal 

 area irrorated with some large. black scales, a small discoidal spot. 



Hah. Chile {Edmonds), 1 cJ type. Exp. 32 millim. 



977. Lycophotia atrisparsa, n. sp. (Plate LXXV. fig. 15.) 



S . Head and tegulse pale brownish, slightly mixed with black ; 

 palpi black except at tips ; antennse black ; thorax blackish mixed 

 with rufous ; abdomen pale fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral 

 surface ochreous. Fore wing ochreous whitish, tinged with 

 purplish red especially towards costa and sparsely irrorated and 

 striated with black ; some black patches on costa ; a pale waved 

 subbasal line from costa to stibtiiedian fold; an indistinct waved 



