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linea duabus pallide cinereis undulatis nigro marginatis y 

 spatiis duobus nigro nebulosis, punctis marginalibus nigris ; 

 postica fuscescente-cinerece. 



Female. Cinereous. Head and fore part of the thorax blackish 

 cinereous. Palpi obliquely ascending, pubescent, not risiug higher 

 than the vertex ; second joint curved ; third conical, minute, less 

 than one-fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings. Fore wings rather narrow, some- 

 what rounded at the tips, slightly black-speckled, here and there fer- 

 ruginous, with two pale cinereous irregularly undulating black-bor- 

 dered lines ; space on the inner side of the first and discal space 

 between the two lines more or less clouded with black ; marginal 

 points black ; costa straight; exterior border slightly convex, hardly 

 oblique. Hind wings brownish cinereous ; fringe pale cinereous, 

 interlined. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 14 wings. 



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27. Nephopteryx intractella. 



Foem. Fuscescente-cinerea ; alee anticce apice rotundalce, lineis 

 duabus fascis denticulalis undulatis, gulta discali punctisque 

 marginalibus nigricantibus. 



Female. Brownish cinereous. Abdomen extending much 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore wings rather narrow, rounded at the 

 tips ; interior and exterior lines brown, denticulated, undulating ; 

 discal dot blackish, rather large; marginal points blackish; costa 

 straight; exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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28. Nephopteryx rubiginella. 



Mas et foem. Sordide cinerea ; caput et thorax anticus plus 

 minusve ferrugineo-rufa ; alee anticce cana, posticeferruginece, 

 gutta discali punctisque marginalibus nigricantibus. 



Male and female. Dingy cinereous. Head and fore part of 

 the thorax more or less rusty red. Maxillary palpi short, porrect. 

 Wings with a long pale cinereous slightly interlined fringe. Fore 

 wings hoary, narrow, somewhat rounded at the tips, mostly over- 

 spread hindward with a rusty hue; discal dot and marginal points 

 blackish ; costa straight; exterior border convex, moderately 



