62 CATALOGUE OF 



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MUCRONODES OrICUSARIA. 



Mas. Cervina ; antenna validce, nudce ; tibiae posticce subincras- 

 sata? ; aim nigro subconspersce, tinea obliqua reeta, fimbria 

 rufescente albo marginata ; anticce stibfalcata ., linea rufescente 

 apud costam angulata, linea interiore rufescente non obliqua 

 apud costam angulata, linea exteriore angulosa incompleta 

 guttisque nigris ; posticce linea nigra, 



Male. Fawn-colour, Third joint of the palpi conical, very 

 minute. Antennae stout, bare. Abdomen with a rather large apical 

 tuft. Legs cinereous ; hind tibias slightly incrassated. Wings 

 slightly streaked with black ; line oblique, straight ; fringe reddish, 

 tipped with white. Fore wings subfalcate ; line reddish, forming 

 an angle towards the costa ; interior line straight, upright, reddish, 

 also forming an angle near the costa ; an exterior zigzag incomplete 

 black line, accompanied by a few black dots ; some black costal 

 marks. Hind wings with the interior angle produced ; line black. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Venezuela. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



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ClMICODES NIGROLITURATA. 



Var. ? Foem. Cervina ; thorax antice canus ; alee linea interiore 

 albida subrecta vix obliqua, macula exteriore nigra magna 

 fUscaii, lituris contiguis lanceolatis nigris albo terminatis, 

 fimbria ferruginea apice alba ; anticce falcata, apice nigro 

 notata, linea interiore ex tus f err ugineo marginata costam versus 

 fiexa angulosa alba, gutta inter lineas subcostali nigra albido 

 marginata ; posticus linea intus ferrugineo marginata puncto 

 nigro notata. 



Var. P Female. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Head 

 above and fore part of the thorax hoary. Wings with an interior 

 nearly straight and upright whitish line ; a large black exterior dis- 

 cal spot, contiguous to some black lanceolate white-tipped marks; 

 fringe ferruginous, tipped with white. Fore wings falcate, 

 marked with black at the tips; interior line bordered with ferru- 

 ginous on the outer side, parallel to an outer whitish line, which is 

 bordered with ferruginous on the inner side, aud is marked by a 



