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47. SCIAPHILA BOGOTANA. 



Foem. Albida ; thorax fasciis tribus nigro-cinereis ; abdomen 

 cinereum ; ales antiece apice rotundatce, lineis nonnullis 

 cinereis tra,nsversis lath guttularibus, dimidio basali obliquo 

 nigricante-cinereo lituras atras plagamque basalem albidam 

 includente, linea marginali cinerea nigro marginata ; postica? 

 sordide albida, strigulis plurimis fuscescentibus. 



Female. Whitish, mostly cinereous beneath. Thorax with 

 three blackish cinereous bands. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips, with several broad transverse irregular guttular 

 cinereous lines, of which the exterior one is partly bordered with 

 black; basal space to one-third of the length and hind space to 

 two-thirds of the length and to half the breadth blackish cinereous, 

 marked with deep black and including- a basal whitish patch ; mar- 

 ginal line cinereous, irregularly bordered with black ; fringe cine- 

 reous; costa straight; exterior border hardly convex, very oblique. 

 Hind wings dingy whitish, with numerous minute brownish streaks, 

 which are most distinct on the under side. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Africa. 



48. SCIAPHILA SABURRANA. 



saburrana, Zl. 

 South Africa. 



Asia. 



49. SCIAPHILA FLEXILINEANA. 



Fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi porrecti, articulo Qo arcuato piloso ; 

 alee antica? cinerea, apice rotundata^fnsco nebulosa, strigulis 

 indistinctis fvscis, squamis paucis nigris* vitta subcostali 

 fusca, linea nigra lineaque cana anterioribus, linea marginali 

 fusca angulosa nigro varia, costa nigro punctata; postica 

 fusca, fimbria obscure cinerea. 



Brownish cinereous. Palpi porrect, extending a little beyond 

 the head, shorter than its breadth; second joint curved, pilose; 

 third conical, not one-fourth of the length of the second. Fore 

 wings cinereous, rounded at the tips, partly clouded with brown, 



