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not distinct; underside with a straight incomplete black line, whicl 

 is dilated on the hind wings, and does not correspond to the lin 

 above. Fore wings very falcate ; tips rounded ; costa very convex ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, much excavated behind the tip ; 

 line accompanied by white points, forming an angle very near the 

 costa. Hind wings with more minute white points on the line, 

 along whose outer side there is a slight diffuse blackish band. 

 Length of the body 5£ lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Bio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 





28. Drepanodes impurpurata. 



Fcem. Albido-purpurea ; caput supra cervinum ; alas pallida pur- 

 purea, breviuscula?, nigro subconspersa, linea oehracea recta 

 extus albida, puncto discali nigro, fimbria oehracea, plaga sub- 

 costali oehracea, linea costam versus angulata reflexa, costa 

 subconvexa. 



Female. Whitish purple, whitish beneath. Head fawn-colour 

 above. Palpi rising a little higher than the front and thus longer 

 than in the typical species of the genus. Wings pale purple, rather 

 short, minutely speckled with black ; line ochraceous, straight, 

 whitish on the outer side ; discal point black ; fringe ochraceous. 

 Fore wings falcate, with an ochraceous patch adjoining the interior 

 side of the line near the costa, which is slightly convex ; iine reflexed 

 and forming an angle near the costa. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



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



29. Drepanodes impensata. 



Mas. Oehracea, sat gracilis ; caput supra album ; ala brevius- 

 cula, latiusculcB, nigro subconspersa, linea oehracea recta extus 

 albido marginata, spatio exteriore pallidiore subpurpurascente, 

 puncto discali nigro ; antica subfalcata, lineis duabus indis- 

 tinctis, ochraceis undulatis diffusis subobliquis, costa vix con- 

 vexa. 



Male. Dull ochraceous, rather slender, whitish cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi obliquely ascending, slightly curved, shorter than in the pre- 

 ceding species. Head white above between the antennae. Wings 

 rather short and broad ; line very distinct, ochraceous, straight, 



