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purplish fiiscous ; the veins irrorated with black scales, the costa 

 black with series of white points ; subbasal line black defined by 

 white on inner aide, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line 

 black defined by white on outer side, somewhat oblique, waved ; 

 claviform olive defined by black at extremity ; orbicular oblique 

 oblong, with olive-yellow and black in centre defined by white at 

 sides only ; reniform oblong, with olive-yellow and white centre 

 with some black irroration above and below defined by white at 

 sides only ; a medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, 

 then waved ; postmedial line double at costa, bent outwards below 

 costa, then minutely waved, incurved at discal fold and bent in- 

 wards to submedian fold, broadly defined by violaceous white beyond 

 the cell and slightly towards inner margin ; the postmedial area 

 suffused with fuscous except at costa, on which there are some white 

 points ; subterminal line represented by a series of small white 

 lunules with olive-yellow spots beyond them before the terminal 

 series of black spots which have some white between them ; cilia 

 white and yellow with a series of black spots at tips. Hind wing 

 white strongly suffused with fuscous except at base ; a dark ter- 

 minal line ; cilia fuscous, whitish at base and tips ; the underside 

 white irrorated with fuscous, a diffused oblique antemedial line, 

 black discoidal point, and irregularly crenulate postmedial line. 

 Hah. Mexico, Milpas {Forrcr), 1 S type. Exp. 38 millim. 



Sect. V. Antennae of male evenly ciliated. 



A. Hind wing of male with the upper part of cell short, the discocellulars 

 oblique ; veins 6, 7 strongly stalked, their stalks curved upwards and 

 thickened. 



2874. Trachea stellifera. 



Dianthmcia stellifera, Moore, Lap. Atk. p. 123 (1882) ; Hmpsn. Moths 

 lud. ii. p. 216. 



S . Head and thorax olive-green mixed with whitish ; palpi dark 

 brown at sides ; tegulae at base and tips and patagia at tips dark 

 brown ; legs irrorated with dark brown ; abdomen brown with pale 

 seormental bands, the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing 



Fig 24: —Trachea stellifera, S • \- 



olive-green slightly irrorated with black ; a black point at base ; 

 subbasal line represented by white striae from costa and cell with 

 black spots before them at costa and above vein 1 and diffused black 

 band beyond them ; antemedial line whitish, waved, defined by 



