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third of the length ; second transverse, sometimes interrupted at 

 its hind end. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



Am. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



BlJESADA TEUNCATA. 



Mas. Pallide lutea ; caput nigro-fuscum ; palpi caput vix super- 

 antes^ articulo So mirtimo ; antennae latissime pectinatce ; 

 thorax nigro-fusco fasciatus ; abdomen fasciis nigro-fuscis 

 interruptis antice arcuatis ; alee fascia subangulata margine- 

 que nigro-fuscis ; anticae guttis basalibus fasciaque exteriore 

 vix obliqua nigro-fuscis. 



Male. Pale luteous. Head blackish brown. Palpi hardly 

 extending beyond the head ; third joint very minute. Antennae 

 very broadly pectinated. Thorax with a blackish brown band 

 between the fore wings. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings ; hind borders of the segments with blackish brown 

 bands, which are interrupted on each side and are convex in front. 

 Wings with a blackish brown border, and with a slightly angular 

 blackish brown band, which extends from beyond one-third of the 

 length of the costa of the fore wings to the interior border of the 

 hind wings at a little beyond two-thirds of the length of the latter. 

 Fore wings with four or five blackish brown clots near the base, and 

 with a blackish brown hardly oblique band, which is broader than 

 the first band and joins the hind part of the blackish brown border. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



Foem. Pallide flaw. ; caput nigrum, postice subtusque pallide 

 flavum ; palpi caput perpaullo superantes ; antennae pectinatce ; 

 pedes antici supra fusci ; alee fasciis duabus fuscis ; anticce 

 costa fasciaque 3a fuscis. 



Female. Pale yellow. Head black, pale yellow behind and 

 beneath. Palpi black, extending very little beyond the head ; third 

 joint conical, very minute. Antennae black, moderately pectinated. 

 Thorax with a broad brown band between the fore wings. Abdo- 

 men not extending beyond the hind wings, with a brown band on 

 each segment ; fore borders of the bands convex. Fore legs brown 

 above. Wings with two irregular brown bands; one about the 

 middle ; the other on the exterior border. Fore wings brown along 

 the costa, and with a brown slightly curved not oblique band, which 

 is narrower hind ward, and extends from beyond the middle of the 



