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1012 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Bright yellow, slender, cinereous beneath. Palpi por- 

 rect, as long as the breadth of the head, blackish exteriorly, whitish 

 at the tips. Abdomen whitish, extending some distance beyond the 

 hind wings. Tarsi with whitish bands. Wings rather narrow. 

 Fore wings very acute ; lines blackish ; interior line nearly straight 

 and upright ; exterior line very oblique, bent towards the costa, 

 bordering seven hyaline dots, which partly enclose a cinereous 

 patch, the latter black on the under side; costa slightly excavated 

 except towards the tip, where it is convex ; exterior border very 

 oblique. Hind wings whitish, semihyaline, yellowish along the ex- 

 terior border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



PlONEA ADEMONALIS. 



Fcem. Pallide testacea, gracilis, cervino confertissime conspersa ; 

 palpi porrecti, breviusculi, articulo 3o minuto ; palpi maxil- 

 lares distincti ; abdomen alas posticas perpaullo superans ; alee 

 latiusculce ; anticce acuta, lineis fuscescentibus indistinctis 

 undulatis, linea exteriore oalde flexa, margine exteriore subcon- 

 vexo ; posticce albido-cinerece, fusco subconspersce, linea exte- 

 riore undulata, fascia marginali diffusa. 



Female. Pale testaceous, slender, very thickly speckled with 

 fawn-colour, whitish cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, rather short ; 

 third joint minute. Maxillary palpi distinct. Antennae slender. 

 Abdomen pale, extending very little beyond the hind wings. Wings 

 rather broad ; fringe pale cinereous, interlined near the base. Fore 

 wings acute ; lines brownish, indistinct, undulating ; exterior line 

 much bent ; submarginal line more indistinct ; exterior border 

 slightly convex. Hind wings whitish cinereous, slightly speckled 

 with brown between the undulating exterior line and the diffuse 

 marginal band. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 11 

 lines. 

 Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



PlONEA EvENORALIS. 



Mas. Lutea, valida ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi cervini, rostriformes, 

 subtus nivei ; abdomen alas posticas vix superans ; tibiae anticce 

 apice nigra ; pedes intermedii subincrassati ; alee latiusculce, 

 linea exteriore indistincta fasciaque lata marginali purpuras- 

 centibus, punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticce acutce, linea 

 exteriore flexa, orbiculari punctiformi et reniformi angulata 

 fuscis. 



