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oblique. Male.— Labial palpi with a long penicillate tuft of testa- 

 ceous hairs. Antennae incrassated towards the base. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Female. — Labial palpi 

 erect, rising a little higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, 

 less than half the length of the second. Length of the body b—b\ 

 lines ; of the wings 13 — 15 lines. 

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29. Nephoptertx subcanalis. 



Carta ; alee anticce latiusculce, vix acufce, nigro subconspersce, lineis 

 duabus nigris ferrugineo marginatum la subarcuata, 2a undw 

 lata, linea marginali interrupta punctoque discali nigris ; 

 posticce aneo-cinerece. 



Hoary, rather stout. Proboscis robust. Wings comparatively 

 broad. Fore wings hardly acute, thinly and irregularly black- 

 speckled, with two transverse black lines; first line nearly upright, 

 slightly and irregularly curved outward: second line undulatiug; 

 space about the second line and along the interior side of the first 

 line ferruginous ; marginal line black, interrupted ; discal point 

 black ; costa very slightly convex ; exterior border convex, mode- 

 rately oblique. Hind wings pale brownish, with an aeneous tinge ; 

 fringe pale cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



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30. Nephopteryx rufinalis. 



Mas. Rufescente-cinerea ; palpi crassi, pubescentes, oblique as- 

 cendentes, verticem paullo superantes, articulo So minimo ; 

 antenna validce, basi incrassata? ; alee anticce angustce, costam 

 versus et apud marginem exteriorem cana? t lineis tribus canis 

 denticulatis nigro submarginatis, linea media nigra denticu- 

 lata, punctis mar ginalibus nigris ; posticce cinerece. 



Male. Reddish cinereous, brownish cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 thick, pubescent, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than 

 the vertex; third joint extremely minute. Antennae stout, incras- 

 sated towards the base. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Wings with a broad fringe. Fore wings narrow, 

 somewhat rounded at the tips, mostly hoary about the costa and 

 about the exterior border ; three hoary transverse denticulated 

 partly black-bordered lines ; first line dilated, abbreviated ; a black 



