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ochraceous line, which extends along the costa and along the inte- 

 rior border, and is sometimes nearly obsolete along the costa, and 

 sometimes represented by some speckles along the exterior border ; 

 a broad oblique white streak in the disk beyond the interior angle. 

 Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 22 — 24 lines. 



a— e. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Laurona Herdina. 



Mas et foem. Obscure cinerea, subtus album; caput antice albi- 

 dum ; thorax maculis duabus lateralibus ochraceis ; abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo super ans ; pedes albi ; alee anticm fusca, 

 costa venisque ante mediis albo conspersis, striga lata vitrea, 

 fascia exteriore alba vitrea lata obliqua ; posticce albida, 

 vitrea, margine fusco lineam ochraceam includente. Mas. — 

 Palpi albi, arcuati, ascendentes ; antenna pectinate, Foem. 

 — Palpi por recti ; antenna subpectinata?. 



Herdina, Bates, Trans. Lin. Soc. xxiii. 475 — 566. 



Male and female. Dark cinereous, white beneath. Head 

 whitish in front. Thorax with an ochraceous spot at the base of 

 each fore wing. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs white. Fore wings brown, speckled with white alon^r the costa 

 and on the veins for half the length from the base ; a broad irregular 

 vitreous streak extending from the base to beyond half the length, 

 and ending near a broad oblique white vitreous band, which is 

 abbreviated at each end. Hind wings vitreous, whitish ; a brown 

 border along the costa and along the exterior margin, including 

 along the latter an ochraceous line. Male. — Palpi white, curved, 

 ascending, applied to the head, not rising so high as the vertex ; 

 third joint conical, minute. Antennae moderately pectinated. 

 Female, — Palpi smooth, slender, porrect, extending a little beyond 

 the head. Antennae very slightly pectinated. Length of the body 

 7 — 1\ lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



o, 6. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Laurona Onegia. 



Foem. Nigra ; caput antice album; palpi porrecti, caput paullo 

 super antes, articulo 3o conico; antenna? subpectinatce ; thorax 

 maculis duabus lateralibus ochraceis ; pectus albidum; abdo- 

 men alas posticas non superans, lineis duabus lateralibus 

 ventregue albidis ; pedes subtus albidi ; aim anticce strigis 



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