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Erosia demptaria. 



Foein. Pallide cinerea, cervino tincta ; caput nigrum ; ala con- 

 spersce, lineis duabus arcuatis cervinis ; anticce acuta ; postica 

 striga discali, strigis duabus costalibus subapicalibus punc- 

 tisgue duo bus submarginalibus nigris, margine exteriore 

 bidentato. 



Female. Pale cinereous, mostly tinged with fawn-colour. 

 Head and antennae black. Wings minutely speckled, with two 

 curved slender fawn-coloured lines. Fore wings acute ; costa 

 straight ; exterior border hardly convex, moderately oblique. Hind 

 wings with two very acute teeth on the exterior border ; two black 

 submarginal points between the second tooth and the interior angle ; 

 a minute black streak in the disk and two near the tip of the costa. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



Erosia integrata. 



Fcem. Pallide cinereo-cervina, subtus pallide ochracea ; caput 

 obscure ochraceum ; palpi porrecti, lanceolati, caput non 

 superantes ; alee longa, integral, latiusculce, nigricante con- 

 spersa, tinea submarginali obscure ochracea, linea marginali 

 argentea niyro punctata, fimbria fusca; antica acuta; postica 

 linea submarginali extus nigricante- cinereo marginata, margine 

 exteriore vixfiexo. 



Female. Dull fawn-colour, tinged with cinereous, pale dull 

 ochraceous beneath. Head dark ochraceous. Palpi slender, por- 

 rect, lanceolate, not extending beyond the head; third joint ex- 

 tremely minute. Hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings long, 

 entire, rather broad, transversely blackish-speckled; submarginal 

 line dark ochraceons, rather indistinct, parallel to the exterior border, 

 diffusedly bordered with blackish cinereous in the hind wings; 

 marginal line silvery, accompanied by black points; fringe short, 

 brown. Fore wings acute; costa straight; exterior border very 

 slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings with the exterior border 

 hardly bent; interior angle prominent. Length of the body 

 4? lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



Amazon Region. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



