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riore recto, linea rufescenle costam versus rectangidata, linea 

 interiore rufescenle subrecta non obliqua ; posticce linea fusca, 

 linea exieriore angulosa subobsoleta, margine exteriore non 

 angulato. 



Male. Fawn-colour, slightly cinereous beneath. Wings 

 slightly and minutely speckled with brown points, which are elon- 

 gated exteriorly and along the costa of the fore wings ; discal point 

 black, obsolete above in the hind wings ; line straight. Fore wings 

 subfalcate ; costa slightly convex ; exterior border quite straight ; 

 the line reddish, forming a right angle on approaching the costa ; an 

 inner reddish upright almost straight line, which is slightly bent 

 near the costa. Hind wings with a brown line, a very indistinct and 

 diffuse zigzag exterior line ; exterior border convex, without any 

 angle. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



This species resembles the preceding one in structure. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



20. Chgerodes transcissa. 



Mas et foem. Testacea ; alee nigro subconspersce ; anticce falcatce, 

 elnngata, lituris costalibus transversis cinereis, linea valde in- 

 distincta, albo punctata costam versus obsoleta, striga costali 

 subapicali alba arcuala nigro notata, lituris duabus transversis 

 discalibus, margine exteriore recto sat obliquo ; posticce litura 

 apud angulum interiorem ochracea albo varia nigro conspersa, 

 margine exteriore convexo non angulato. 



Male and female. Testaceous, whitish testaceous beneath. 

 Legs minutely speckled with black. Wings beneath minutely and 

 thinly speckled with black. Fore wings falcate, somewhat elongated, 

 with transverse cinereous marks along the costa ; line very indistinct, 

 hardly darker than the ground hue, marked with while points on the 

 veins, obsolete towards the costa ; a white curved costal subapical 

 black-marked streak ; two transverse discal marks, a little darker 

 than the ground hue, the outer one broader than the inner one ; 

 exterior border straight, rather oblique. Hind wings paler than the 

 fore wings, except towards the exterior border ; line darker, more 

 distinct ; an ocbraceous partly white black-speckled mark by the 

 interior angle, forming the end of a diffuse zigzag hardly apparent 

 line, which is still more indistinct in the fore wings ; exterior border 

 convex, in no wise angular. Length of the body 9 — 10 lines ; of 

 the wings 23 — 24 lines. 



