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3. P^PIA XANTHOPH.EELLA. 



Foem. Ochracea, subtus argentea; caput argenteum ; alee antica 

 plaga magna nigricante ; posticce nigricantes. 



Female. Ochraceous. Head, body beneath, palpi and legs 

 silvery. Palpi smooth, slender, more than twice longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; third joint shorter than the second. Fore wings 

 much rounded at the tips, with a large blackish patch extending 

 from the outer part of the interior border nearly to the costa. 

 Hind wings blackish. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates* collection. 



4. P.EPIA VETUSTELLA. 



Mas. JEneo-fusca ; caput antice argenteo -album ; antenna gra- 

 cillima, subcrenulatce ; alee anticee venis apicibusque cinereis 9 

 lineis tribus flavescentibus subcostalibus subobliquis y linea 

 posteriore rufa ; posticce ceneo-cinerea. 



Male. iEneous-brown, cinereous beneath. Head in front, 

 body beneath, palpi and legs silvery white. Palpi nearly thrice 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint slightly fringed 

 above at the tip ; third shorter than the second. Antennae very 

 slender, minutely crenulated, a little shorter than the fore wings. 

 Legs long, slender. Fore wings cinereous towards the tips ; veins 

 cinereous ; three yellowish subcostal slightly oblique lines ; an 

 irregular red line along the hind part of the disk. Hind wings 

 aeneous-cinereous. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 125. TISDEA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi graciles, 

 arcuati, capitis latitudine fere duplo longiores ; articulus 3us seti- 

 fonnis, 2o non brevior. Antennae glabrae, alis anticis multo brevi- 

 ores. Abdomen alas posticas sat superans. Pedes laeves, breviusculi ; 

 calcaria longa. Alae anticae latiusculae, apice rotundatae, costa sub- 

 excavata basi subconvexa, margine interiore basi subconvexo. 



