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whitish about the interior angle ; ciliae mostly whitish. Length of 

 the body 17 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



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



Africa. 



Group 1. 



Caput magis prominens. Alae anticae minus acuminata? ; mar- 

 gine exteriore minus obliquus, vix excavatus aut undulosus. 



Fore wings less acuminated at the tips than in the North 

 American group ; exterior border less oblique and hardly excavated 

 or undulating. Head more prominent. 



5. Darapsa marginata. 



Ferruginea ; abdomen fasciis abbreviatis pallide purpuras centibus ; 

 alee anticce subpurpurascentes aut canescentes, plaga exteriore 

 strigaque apud marginem exterior em fuseis ; postica? fusco- 

 nebulosce aut margine fusco, ciliis pallide testaceis. 



Ferruginous. Antennae testaceous. Abdomen with slight 

 short lilac bauds. Fore wings tinged with lilac, excepting a large 

 triangular patch beyond the middle, and a brown streak along part 

 of the exterior border. Hind wings partly clouded with brown ; 

 ciliae pale testaceous. Length of the body 10 — 11 lines; of the 

 wings 19 — 22 lines. 



Var. /3. Fore wings with a hoary covering. Hind wings not 

 clouded, but with a biown border. 



a — d. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



. Asia. 



6. Darapsa Hypothous. 



Cinereo-fusca ; antenna fulvce ; thorax plagis duabus maximis 

 later alibus f err uginosis ; abdomen cervinum ; ala anticce sub- 

 cervince strigis obscurioribus et pallidioribus, gutta basali 

 nigra fasciisque tribus fuseis, fascia laantebasali, 2a latissima 

 ex parte viridescente, 3a marginali ; posticce ferruginece, plaga 

 interior -e fasciaque undulata pallide cervinis. 



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