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very little beyond the hind wings. Legs slender, almost bare ; 

 hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings narrow, rather long. Fore 

 wings hardly falcate; exterior border with a slight bend in the 

 middle, its hind part very oblique. 



1. Maedara Aracinthusalis. 



Foem. Pallide cervina ; alee anticce ex parte albido-testacece, fusco 

 subconspersce, linea interiore ferruginea subundulata, fascia 

 media obliqua fusca antice subinterrupta postice dilatata, linea 

 exteriore fusca undulata, submarginali indistincta undulata 

 denticulate, reniformi lutea angusta obliqua fusco marginata ; 

 plaga postica ferruginea. 



Female. Pale fawn-colour; underside and hind wings whitish 

 testaceous, slightly speckled with brown ; interior line ferruginous, 

 slightly undulating ; a middle oblique brown band, almost inter- 

 rupted in front, dilated towards the interior border ; exterior line 

 brown, undulating; submarginal line indistinct, undulating and 

 denticulated ; reniform mark luteous, narrow, oblique, bordered 

 with brown ; some black squamous hairs along the interior border ; 

 fringe interlined. Hind wings with two incomplete lines; a ferru- 

 ginous patch by the hind part of the exterior border. Length of the 

 body 3 \ lines ; of the wings 10J- lines. 

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Genus 24. LOCASTRA. 



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Mas. Corpus robustum, dense pilosum. Caput cornubus 

 duobus incumbentibus dense squamoso-pilosis. Palpi breves, validi, 

 ascendentes, arete applicati, dense squamoso-pilosi ; articulus 2us 

 antice tumidus; 3us longi-conicus, 2o brevior. Antennae conferte 

 cremtlatae, articulis quadrisetosis. Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans. Pedes validi, dense pilosi. Alae anticae squamosa?, sat 

 angusta?, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout, densely pilose. Head with two reverted 

 appendages, which are thickly clothed with squamous hairs, and 

 extend to the fore part of the thorax. Proboscis short. Palpi short, 

 Jtout, ascending, applied close to the head, densely clothed with 

 squamous hairs; second joint tumid in front; third elongate-conical, 

 shorter than the second. Antennae minutely and thickly crenulated 

 with two pairs of setae on each joint. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, densely pilose, including the 



