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Male. Maxillary palpi short, densely fringed. Labial palpi 

 erect, rather stout, rising much higher than the vertex ; second 

 joint fringed beneath ; third joint slender, lanceolate, less than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antennae not incrassated at the 

 base. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical 

 tuft subquadrate. Wings broad, not long. Fore wings quadrate 

 at the tips ; costa almost straight ; exterior border slightly convex 

 and oblique. 



15. ACROBASIS LATIORELLA. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; alee punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticcc 

 nigro consper see, fascia interiore cana, linea exleriore denticu- 

 lata undulata, puncto disculi punctisque tribus interioribus 

 nigris, linea submarginali pallida unduluta indistincta, casta 

 extus nigra punctis tribus pallidis ; postica cinereo-fusca. 



Male. Wings cinereous-brown ; marginal points black, obso- 

 lete above in the hind wings. Fore wings minuteiy black-speckled ; 

 interior band hoary ; exterior line black, denticulated, undulating; 

 submarginal line undulating, indistinct, a little paler than the 

 ground hue ; a black discal point; three black points nearer the 

 base ; costa mostly black exteriorly, where there are three pale 

 points. Hind wings cinereous-brown, with a cinereous fringe. 

 Wings beneath with a brown exterior denticulated line. Length of 

 the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 West Indies. 



16. ACROBASIS TRANSLUCIDA. 



Mas et fcem. Rufescente-cervina ; palpi erecti, verticem super- 

 antes ; ala? anticce angusta, apice rotundaice, punctis discali- 

 bus nigris, linea submarginali rufescente diffusa ; posticce 

 albida, semihyalina, linea marginali fusca. 



Male and female. Reddish fawn-colour, moderately stout. 

 Front prominent. Palpi erect, rising higher than the vertex ; third 

 joint elongate-conical in the male, longer and mote linear in the 

 female. Fore wings narrow, rounded at the tips, with a few black 

 discal points ; submarginal line reddish, diffuse. Hind wings 

 whitish, iridescent, semihyaline ; marginal line brown. Length of 

 the body 3£ lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



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

 c. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



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