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3. Drepanodes Telle saria. 



Fcem. Straminea ; palpi apice nigri ; alee ochraceo nigroque con- 

 spersee, linea nigricante cinerea diffusa incompleta subtus 

 recta bene determinata, spatio exterior e subtus ex parte pur- 

 purascente, puncto discali nigro, fimbria ochracea ; anticce 

 valde falcatce, linea interior e flex a informi incompleta, incisura 

 subapicali; posticce apud angulum interiorem purpurascente 

 subnebulosce. 



Female. Straw-colour. Palpi with black tips. Wings mode- 

 rately broad, transversely speckled with ochraceous and with black; 

 line blackish cinereous, diffuse, irregular and incomplete above, 

 especially in the hind wings, straight and well defined beneath, 

 where the exterior space is more thickly speckled with ochraceous, 

 and has in part a purplish tinge; discal point black ; fringe ochra- 

 ceous. Fore wings very falcate, with a bent irregular and incom- 

 plete interior line; exterior border convex, excavated behind the 

 tip. Hind wings irregularly purplish-clouded towards the interior 

 angle. Length of the body 5? lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



4. Drepanodes Pionaria. 



Foem. Cinereo-testacea ; alee nigro conspersce, linea nigricante 

 informi intus ochraceo marginata, linea subtus bene deter- 

 minata nigricante et purpurascente marginata, puncto discali 

 nigro, fimbria ochracea; anticce valde fa lea tee, apice obtusce, 

 margine exteriore valde convexo, linea interiore nigricante 

 diffusa flexa, linea media ochracea recta obliqua ; posticce 

 linea exteriore valde diffusa. 



Female. Testaceous, cinereous-tinged. Palpi with black tips. 

 Wings sericeous, minutely speckled with black ; line blackish, very 

 irregular, bordered with ochraceous on the inner side; fringe ochra- 

 ceous; discal point black; under side paler, with a well-defined 

 whitish line, whose outer side is concisely bordered with blackish in 

 the fore wings and diffusedly bordered with purplish in the hind 

 wings. Fore wings very falcate; tips obtuse; exterior border verv 

 convex, excavated behind the tip; interior line blackish, diffuse, 

 bent; middle line ochraceous, straight, oblique, slightly apparent 

 in the hind wings. Hind wings with the exterior line very diffuse; 

 exterior border very convex. Length of the body 5 ? lines ; of the 

 wings 13 lines. 



