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rather oblique quadrate orbicular, which is open above and below ; 

 an oblique black striga in cell before the antemedial line which is 

 indistinct, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards 

 on vein 1 ; reniform defined by black, large, and extending well 

 below the cell ; postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 6, then 

 inwardly oblique and dentate ; the veins of terminal area 'streaked 



with black ; a subterminal series of whitish striae with black striae 

 on their outer side ; a slight oblique shade from apex to angle of 

 postmedial line. Hind wing semihy aline white, the veins of 

 terminal area streaked with black; a slight terminal line from apex 

 to vein 2 ; in female the costal and terminal areas suffused with 

 brown ; the underside with the costal area and termen irrorated 

 with brown, a slight discoidal point and curved postmedial series of 

 short streaks on the veins. 



Hah. Chili {Edmonds), 1 d' , 1 $ type. Exp. 32 millim. 



Genus ANTITYPE. 



Type. 



Antitype, Hiibn. Verz. p. 212 (1827) chi. 



Folia, Hiibn. Tent. ined. (nee Ti-eit.) flavicincia. 



Proboscis fully developecl ; palpi obliquely upturnecl, short, the 2nd joint 

 thickly clothed with hair in front ; frons smooth, rounded, eyes large ; antennte 

 of male typically ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, or with hair and 

 hair-like scales, the pro- and metathoras with spreading ci-ests ; pectus clothed 

 with long hair ; tibice fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal 

 segments. Fore wing with the termen crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near 

 angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 

 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anas- 

 tomosing with cell near base only. 



Sect. I. Antennis of male bipectinate with short branches, the apical part 

 serrate. 



A. Fore wing with the ground-colour fuscous black serpentina. 



B. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous tinged with 



orange rebecca. 



2531. Antitype serpentina. 



Miselia serpentina, Treit. Eur. Schmett. v. 1, p. 399 (1825) ; Frr. Neue 

 Beitr. iii. pi. 220 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 288. pi. 26. f. 5 ; Herr.- 

 Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 72, 73 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 179. 



S . Head and thorax black-brown irrorated with white and with 

 a slight greenish tinge, the tufts on basal joint of antenna), vertex 



