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and posterior tibiae fringed ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Wings elongate. Fore wings acute, hardly falcate ; costa almost 

 straight, very slightly convex towards the base, where there is a 

 pouch ; exterior border not oblique in front, moderately oblique 

 hindward. 



1. Samcova incensana. 



Mas. Ochraceo-rufa, subtus cinereo -purpurea ; thorax-€t abdomen 

 purpurascentia, hoc apice ochraceo-rufum ; alee anticce basi 

 fasciaqtie latissima subundulata purpurascentibus, kac antice 

 albo marginata; posticce cinereo-purpurece, macula discali 

 magna nigra, plaga postica ochracea strigam albam obliquam 

 includente. * 



Male. Ochraceous-red, mostly cinereous-purple beneath. Palpi 

 dark purplish red. Thorax and abdomen purplish; tip of the latter 

 ochraceous-red. Wings with metallic lustre. Fore wings purplish 

 at the base, and with a very broad slightly undulating purplish 

 band, which is bordered with white in front, and through which the 

 ground hue is apparent; veins blackish; fringe purplish. Hind 

 wings cinereous-purple, with a large black discal spot, and with an 

 ochraceous patch extending along the hind part of the exterior 

 border, and containing an oblique white streak. Length of the 

 body 7 — 1\ lines ; of the wings 18 — 19 lines. 



a, b. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



c. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



d. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates 7 collection. 



Genus 54. TORDA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi 

 porrecti, laeves, sat graeiles, capitis latitudine multo breviores ; 

 articulus 3us brevissimus. Antennae laeves, graeiles. Abdomen 

 alas posticas non superans, fasciculis tribus apicalibus. Alee anticae 

 subfalcatae, basi quasi inflatae, costa basi subcouvexa, margine ex- 

 teriore antico vix excavato. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis short, slender. Palpi porrect, 

 smooth, rather slender, very much shorter than the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint conical, very minute, not more than one-sixth of 

 the length of the second. Antennae smooth, slender. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind wings, with three apical tufts, one dorsal, 

 the other two lateral. Legs stout; spurs moderately long. Fore 



