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bands. Hind wings with a very dark brown border. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by — Green, Esq. 



Genus CISTHENE. 



ClSTHENE LUNARIS. 



Mas. Pallide lutea ; antenna subserrata, subpubescentes ; alee 

 antica fusca, semihyalina, strigis duabus fasa'isque duabus 

 pallide luteis, fascia la recta subobliqua, 2a valde arcuata ; 

 posticce lutea, fusco late marginata. 



Male. Pale luteous. Palpi extremely short. Antennae black, 

 minutely serrated and pubescent, pale luteous at the base. Legs 

 cinereous. Fore wings brown, semihyaline, much rounded at the 

 tips, with a pale luteous subcostal streak extending from the base, 

 and with two pale luteous bands; first band straight, slightly 

 oblique; second much curved, joining the hind part of the exterior 

 border; a pale luteous streak extending along the interior border 

 from the base to the first band. Hind wings luteous, with a broad 

 brown border. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



ClSTHENE CURVIFEKA. 



Foem. Ochracea ; antenna nigra, subserrata ; pedes niqricantes y 

 coxis anticis ochraceis ; ala lata, subhyalina ; antica nigri- 

 cantes, strigis duabus basa/ibus fasciisque duabus ochraceis, 

 fascia \a lata, 2a tenui submarginali valde arcuata; poslica 

 margine lato nigricante. 



Female. Ochraceous. Proboscis and palpi very short. Antennae 

 black, stout, very minutely serrated. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs blackish; spurs moderately long; fore coxa? 

 ochraceous. Wings broad, slightly hyaline. Fore wings blackish, 

 rounded at the tips, with two ochraceous basal streaks and with two 

 ochraceous bands; first streak subcostal; second on the interior 

 border; first band broad, across the middle; second slender, much 

 curved, submarginal along its fore half, marginal along its hind 

 half. Hind wings ochraceous, with a broad blackish border. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Bogota, New Grenada. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



