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short and broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with a few minute 

 black speckles, cinereous at the base, and with a broad subcostal 

 cinereous stripe, which is brownish and bent hindward exteriorly 

 and extends to the interior angle; costa slightly convex ; exterior 

 border very slightly excavated in front. Hind wings whitish cine- 

 reous. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. ? 



16. TOSPITIS? QUINQUEFERANA. 



Mas. Pallide testacea ; palpi porrecti, brevissimi, gracillimi ; alee 

 anticce apice rotundata, gutta una discali, duabus costalibus, 

 una apicali unaque marginali nigris. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Palpi porrect, smooth, very short and 

 slender, not extending beyond the head. Antennae very minutely 

 setulose. Abdomen and hind wings whitish, with a very slight 

 testaceous tinge. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with five black 

 dots towards the tips ; one dot in the disk, two costal, one apical, 

 and one on the exterior border; costa straight; exterior border 

 slightly convex, very oblique. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the 

 wings 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



17. TOSPITIS ? HUMERANA. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervina ; palpi ascendentes, articulo 2o piloso, 

 So lanceolate* ; antenna pubescentes ; thorax fusco fascialus ; 

 ala antica? extus angustiores, apice rotundata?, basi fo.sciaque 

 valde diffusa atomisque fuscis ; costa basi valde convexa ; pos- 

 ticce cinerece. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour. Palpi obliquely ascending, 

 not rising higher than the vertex ; second joint pilose; third lanceo- 

 late, as long as the second. Antennae minutely pubescent. Thorax 

 with a brown band. Abdomen white, shining, extending much 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft smooth, slightly compressed. 

 Fore wings narrower exteriorly, rounded at the tips, very minutely 

 speckled with brown, brown at the base, and with a very diffuse 

 brown band, which is dilated on the costa before the middle and is 

 obsolete hindward ; costa very convex towards the base ; exterior 



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