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521. Cistheae trisigna. (Plate XX V. fig. 12.) 

 Cistkene trisigna, Wlk. ii. 534 (1854) ; Kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 291. 



Head, tegulae, and patagia orange ; antennae and patches on 

 vertex of head and patagia fuscous ; thorax and the greater part of 

 legs fuscous ; abdomen orange, with dorsal fuscous fascia. Fore 

 wing brownish fuscous, with short, orange-yellow fascia from base 

 below the cell and somewhat triangular spot at lower angle of cell ; 

 a subterminal baud not reaching costa or inner margin, bent in- 

 wards and expanding below apex. Hind wing orange-yellow, with 

 black fascia on costa and a broad terminal band indented between 

 veins 5 and 2 by a sinus of the ground-colour. 



Hah. Venezuela, 1 J , 1 $ type. Exp. 24 millim. 



■ Genus AGLOSSOSIA, nov. 



Type, A. flavimarginata. 



Proboscis aborted, miaute ; palpi porrect, slight, not reaching as far as frons, 

 which has a large rounded prominence ; antenna of male minutely serrate, 

 witli bristles and cilia ; fore tibite with long claw on inner side and short claw 

 on outer ; tibiae with the spurs moderate ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. 

 Fore wing i-ather narrow, the costa arched towards apex ; vein 2 from middle 

 of cell, oblique ; 3 from before angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from vippsr angle ; 

 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from 8 beyond 9; 10, 11 free, 11 curred. Hind wing with 

 rein 2 from middle of cell ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 from angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from 

 middle of cell. 



522. Aglossosia flavimarginata, n. sp. 



S . Head, tegulae, and patagia orange ; frons and antennae 

 blackish ; thorax greyish ; legs orange, streaked with black ; abdo- 

 men grey, with segmental lines and the extremity orange. Fore 



Fig. 161. — Aglossosia flavimarginata, (^ . \. 



Wing grey, with the margins rather broadly and cilia orange ; costa 

 black towards base. Hind wing orange, with the costal area fuscous 

 and more or less fuscous suffusion on disk. 



Hah. Natal, Mooi R., 1 6 type, Newcastle, 1 S . Exp. 34 

 millim. 



