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8. Clysia ABSCONDITAEIA. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput supra fuscum ; antenna subserratce, sub- 

 setosce ; tibice posticce incrassatce ; alee fusco strigatce, purpu- 

 rascente cinereo nebulosce,puncto diseali nigro bene determinate ; 

 anticce subfalcatce, costa convexa,margine exteriore subangulato ; 

 posticce angulo acuto. 



Male. Testaceous. Head above and palpi towards the tips 

 brown. Antennae minutely serrated and setose. Hind tibiae in- 

 crassated. Wings with minute transverse brown marks, largely 

 shaded with purplish cinereous, which hue forms a band near the 

 base, and occupies nearly all the exterior part ; discal point black, 

 distinct, rather large. Fore wings sub falcate ; costa convex ; exte- 

 rior border forming a very obtuse angle. Hind wings forming an 

 acute angle, but hardly caudate ; interior border pilose. Length of 

 tbe body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



Bio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



9. Clysia mixtipennaria. 



Fcem. Pallide cinerea, nigro aut fusco conspersa ; caput supra 

 rufum; pedes anterior es fusco fasciati ; tibice posticce incras- 

 satce ; alee extus testaceo et ochraceo varies, plaga magna sub- 

 marginali cinerea, puncto diseali nigro albido marginato ; 

 anticce falcatce, costa valde convexa,margine exteriore dentaio 

 angulato, lineis inieriore et exteriore fuscis denticulatis, hac 

 albido extus submarginata ; posticce margine exteriore magis 

 dentato subcaudato. 



Female. Pale cinereous, black or brown speckled. Head red 

 above. Anterior legs with brown bands ; hind tibiae thickened. 

 Wings testaceous-tinged and slightly ochraceous-tinged exteriorly, 

 each with a large cinereous submarginal patch ; discal point black, 

 white-bordered. Fore wings falcate ; costa very convex ; exterior 

 border dentated, angular in the middle; interior and exterior lines 

 brown, denticulated ; the latter more oblique than the former, 

 slightly whitish-bordered on the outer side. Hind wings with the 

 exterior border much more dentate than that of the fore wings, sub- 

 caudate in the middle. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 20 lines. 



a, b. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



