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metathoracic wings not visible on the venter, maxillae reaching almost to tip of 

 wings ; prothoracic legs over half as long as maxillae, their femora exposed ; meso- 

 thoracic legs a trifle shorter than maxillae; metathoracic legs showing caudad of 

 maxillae not projecting from caudal margins of wings; antennae a little shorter than 

 mesothoracic legs ; sculptured eyepiece somewhat broader than the glazed eyepiece ; 

 invaginations of the tentorial arms distinct ; vertex narrow on the meson, broader on 

 the sides ; mesal length of prothorax one-half that of mesothorax ; mesal length of 

 metathorax one-fourth that of mesothorax ; cephalic portion of the fifth, sixth, and 

 seventh abdominal segments and the same portion of the fourth abdominal segment 

 on the dorsum finely and densely punctured; area around the spiracles slightly 

 elevated, blackish ; caudad of each spiracle is a shallow cavity ; spiracles ellipsoidal ; 

 mesothoracic spiracle extending over half the length between the antenna and the 

 meson, the area blackish; cremaster consisting of two short, stout, blunt spines; 

 genital opening of female simple; slitlike, apparently situated on the eighth abdom- 

 inal segment, the cephalic margins of the ninth and tenth segments curving strongly 

 forward toward the genital opening in this sex; genital opening of male simple, 

 slitlike, on the ninth abdominal segment on slight elevation. Length from 14.7 to 

 17.4 mm. Greatest width 4.5 mm. 



Male. Head and thorax ochreous suffused with reddish brown ; palpi with black- 

 ish patch at side of 2nd joint; frons with blackish bar above; vertex of head suf- 

 fused with fuscous ; tegulae with fuscous patches ; pectus whitish ; fore coxae and 

 femora suffused with fuscous abdomen ochreous white suffused with reddish brown 

 leaving slight pale segmental lines, the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing 

 ochreous whitish suffused with fuscous and reddish brown, the inner area paler; 

 subbasal line represented by double oblique dark striae from costa; a black streak 

 below base of cell curved up to cell at extremity ; a minute whitish spot defined by 

 black on outer side in cell before the antemedial line, which is indistinctly double, 

 oblique, waved, somewhat bent outwards in subraedian fold; claviform represented 

 by a diffused brownish streak, orbicular whitish defined by black and with pale 

 brown centre, a whitish bar beyond it and above base of vein 2 ; reinform with black 

 and white bar on inner side, its outer edge slightly defined by black and with irregu- 

 lar white marks at upper extremity; a slight white fork at bases of veins of 4, 3; 

 an indistinct oblique waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; post- 

 medial line indistinct, double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely 

 waved, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some white points beyond it on 

 costa ; an oblique diffused whitish shade from apex to vein 6, the whitish subterminal 

 line arising from it, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus, some short 

 black streaks before it in the interspaces at middle; a fine white line before termen 

 with series of slight black streaks from it to the black terminal striae ; cilia brown- 

 ish with fine white line at base followed by a dark line.^ Hind wing semihyaline 

 white, the apex suffused with brown ; a dark terminal line from apex to vein 2 ; the 

 underside with the coastal area slightly irrorated with fuscous, a terminal series of 

 black striae from apex to vein 2. 



Genitalia. Uncus represented by a stout, sickle-shaped hook or spine; gnathos 

 about as long as the uncus ; harpes large and broad, the anal angles not well defined ; 

 marginal spines prominent ; claspers hinged at base composed of stout hooks, one on 



5 Var. fulvosa (Male). — Fore wing somewhat more suffused with purplish, the white fascia 

 from apex indistinct. 



