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31. Carpocapsa defluxana. 



Mas. Nigra ; caput antiee ochraceum ; palpi pallide ochracei, 

 apice fusci ; thorax antiee ochraceo quadrinotatus, postice 

 cinereus ; abdomen ochraceum; pedes albidi, tarsis nigro 

 fasciatis ; alee anticce subacutce, lituris plurimis parvis ochra- 

 ceis, plagis nonnullis viridescentibus aut cyanescentibus, stri- 

 gulis costalibus obiiquis albidis ; posticce ochracece. 



Male, Black, mostly ochraceous beneath. Head ochraceous 

 in front. Palpi pale ochraceous, pubescent, slightly ascending, 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, brown, 

 about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antenna? short, stout. 

 Thorax with four dull ochraceous marks in front, cinereous hind ward. 

 Abdomen dark ochraceous, extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs whitish, shining; tarsi with blackish bands. Fore wings 

 slightly acute, with many small irregular ochraceous marks, and 

 with a few metallic greenish or bluish patches ; costa straight, very 

 slightly convex towards the tip, with minute oblique whitish streaks ; 

 exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings dark 

 ochraceous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



32. Carpocapsa influxaka. 



Fcem. Nigricans; corpus subtus pallide flavescens; palpi pallide 

 flavescentes, ascendentes, antiee nigri, articulo So brevissimo ; 

 thorax flavesctnte fasciatus ; abdomen basi flavescens ; alee 

 anticce obscure ochracece, nigro nebulosce, antiee cyaneo stri- 

 gatce, strigis transversis exterioribus chalybceis, strigulis cos- 

 talibus obiiquis albidis, guttis submarginalibus atris ; posticce 

 pallide flavce, margine lato nigricante. 



Female. Blackish. Body pale yellowish beneath. Palpi 



pale yellowish, ascending, very slightly curved, rising a little higher 



than the vertex, black and slightly fringed in front; third joint 



extremely short. Thorax with a yellowish band in front. Abdo- 



. men pale yellowish at the base, extending much beyond the hind 



I wings. Fore wings hardly acute, very dark ochraceous, mostly 



; shaded with black, streaked with chalybeous-blue along the costa, 



' transversely streaked with chalybeous towards the exterior border ; 



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