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with long hairs towards the tips ; first joint erect, rising above the 

 head ; second very much longer than the tirst, with which it forms 

 an abrupt angle ; third longer than the second. Antennae slender, 

 pubescent, and with two rather long bristles on each joint, much 

 more than half the length of the body. Abdomen hardly extending 

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

 other two lateral. Legs slender, very slightly pilose ; spurs long; 

 fore tibiae thickly tufted. Wings ample, with markings much like 

 those of Palindia. Fore wings hardly falcate ; exterior border 

 slightly convex, rather oblique. 



1. Cyclop ie ryx observalis, 



Foem. Subviolaceo-cinerea ; alee margine exteriore fuscescente, 

 linea marginali alba, purtctis marginalibus nigricantibus , 

 linea media arcuata obscura, punctis costalibus subapicalibus 

 albis. 



Cyclopteryx observalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 47, 51. 



Cayenne. 



2. Cyclopteryx patricialis. 



Foem. Aureo-Jlava ; thorax albo fasciatus ; alee lineis tribus 

 albis, linea interiore costam versus flexa, exteriore angulata, 

 submarginali subundulata ; anticce costa basali alba. 



Cyclopteryx patricialis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 47, 52. 



Cayenne. 



3. Cyclopteryx theclalis. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cervina ; alee linea marginali atra ; anticce 

 lineis tribus rectis albis nigricante marginatis postice approxi- 

 matis, la Saque obliquis, 2a non obliqua, fasciis duabus 

 mediis pallide purpureis indistinctis incompletis, reniformi e 

 striga fusca, margine exteriore cinerascente ; posticce fascia 

 marginali alba,maculis duabus posticis atris, 2a lineolas cluas 

 albas nigro marginatas emittente. 



Male. Brownish fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Wings with 

 a deep black marginal line. Fore wings with three straight 

 purplish white blackish-bordered lines which converge towards the 

 interior border ; first slanting outward from the costa ; second 



