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30. Tephrosta quadrataria. 



Mas. Testacea ; palpi flexi, articulo So longiusculo ; antenna 

 pectinatm ; tibia postica incrassatts ; alee lata subdentata, 

 nigro conspersa, fasciis duabus subobscurioribus vix undulatis 

 nigro punctatis, puncto discali nigro, fascia subtus fusca 

 submarginali incompleta. 



Male. Testaceous, moderately stout. Palpi bent ; third joint 

 more than half the length of the second. Antennae pectinated, 

 Hiud tibiae much incrassated. Wings broad, slightly dentate, 

 black-speckled, not long, with two indistinct slightly darker, hardly 

 undulating bands, which are accompanied by black points ; a black 

 discal point apparent also on the under side, where there is an in- 

 complete submarginal brown band. Fore wings rectangular at the 

 tips. Hind wings rather more dentate than the fore wings* 

 Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



Group 3. 



31. Tephrosia mniophilaria. 



Foam. Albo-cinerea, nigricante conspersa, linea exteriore nigra 

 tenui fusco pallida marginata ,• anticce subintegra, maculis 

 duabus exterioribus ochraceo-flavis, subtus nigricantes ; pos- 

 ticce dentatce, subtus albida. 



Tephrosia mniophilaria, Guen. Phal. i. 267, .415. 



Brazil. 



Group 4. 



32. Tephrosia incongruaria. 



Fcem. Albido-cinerea ; tibia posticce vix incrassatce ; alee integral, 

 nigra subconspersa, fuscescente subtincta, linea exteriore alba 

 undulata nigro notata, linea submarginali latiore alba angu- 

 losa, fascia subtus lata fuscescente submarginali. 



Female. Whitish cinereous. Hind tibiae hardly incrassated. 

 Wings entire, slightly black-speckled, irregularly tinged with pale 

 brown ; interior line almost obsolete ; exterior line white, undu- 

 lating, marked with black, the latter hue most apparent on the hind 

 wings ; submarginal line white, zigzag, broader and more distinct 



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