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wings with the exterior border straight on each side of the obtuse 

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



This species has the structure of C. onustaria, but its wings are 

 not luteous exteriorly, and the angle of its hind wings is not black- 

 speckled. 



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24. Chcerodes transfingens. 



Mas. Cervina, subtus cinerea ; caput supra album ; antenna ser- 

 rate ; alee <lmse vestite, nigro conspersaz, cinereo varicc, linea 

 albida subrecta extus purpurascente marginata ; anticce falcate, 

 costa cinerea fusees cente strigata subconvexa, margine exteriore 

 subfiexo vix dentate*, linea costam versus furcata, linea inte- 

 riore vix conspicua, puncto discali distincto ; posticce magis 

 dentate, vix angulate, linea indistincta, puncto discali minimo. 



Male. Fawn-colour; under side cinereous, with a slight tinge 

 of fawn-colour, black-speckled. Head white between the antennae. 

 Antennae serrated. Abdomen much paler than the thorax. Wings 

 densely clothed, black-speckled, irregularly varied with cinereous; 

 line whitish, almost straight, irregularly purplish-bordered on the 

 exterior side. Fore wings falcate ; costa cinereous, transversely 

 brownish-streaked, slightly convex ; exterior border hardly dentate, 

 slightly bent in the middle, but not angular ; line near the costa 

 retracted, and forming an acute angle, between which and the costa 

 there is an irregular whitish streak ; some traces of* a diffuse interior 

 line ; discal point distinct. Hind wings more dentated than the 

 fore wings, hardly angular ; discal point much smaller; line indis- 

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



This species has much resemblance to C. transducens, but is 

 sufficiently distinct. 



Genus 4. IDIODES. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi contigui, lagves, 

 squamosi, subrecti, caput per paullo superantes ; articulus 3us bre- 

 vissimus. Antennae validag, non ciliatae, maris subtus velutinae. 

 Abdomen apice conicum et acutum. Pedes robusti ; tibiae posticae 

 inflatae, fasciculatae. Alae validae, linea una recta obliqua, fimbria 

 brevi ; anticae subproductge, apice acutae et falcatae ; posticae an- 

 gulo interiore subproducto. 



Idiodes, Guen. PhaL i. 39. 



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