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costa, slightly rounded at the tips, moderately oblique along the ex- 

 terior border ; a straight oblique whitish glaucous interlined sub- 

 marginal band, which is partly abbreviated by the costa and extends 

 diffusedly to the exterior border, and has the wing along its inner 

 side darker than elsewhere, and is indistinctly apparent on the hind 

 wings, w T hich are mostly cinereous ; interior and exterior lines 

 brown, slender, denticulated, indistinct ; orbicular and reniform 

 marks obsolete. Male. — Palpi very long, rising high above the 

 head ; first joint moderately long; second curved, much longer than 

 the first; third straight, a little longer than the second, slightly 

 tufted with long hairs. Female. — Palpi pubescent, very much 

 shorter than those of the male; second joint much curved; third 

 lanceolate, hardly more than half the length of the second. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a, b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



24. Bocana Okionalis. 



Foem. Cervina ; palpi arcuati, pubescentes, longiusculi ; articu* 

 his Sus acicularis, 2o vix hrevior ; pedes pubescentes, longius- 

 culi, tibiis anticis subdilatatis subtus testaceis ; alee amplce, 

 fascia marginali pallide cinerea ; antics acute rectangulata?, 

 reniformi alba punctiformi. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 

 brownish cinereous. Palpi curved, pubescent, rather long, rising 

 above the vertex ; third joint acicular, very nearly as long as the 

 second, with a few hairs near the tip, which is Very acute. An- 

 tennae slender, with two moderately long setae on each joint. Abdo- 

 men hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs pubescent, 

 rather long; fore tibiae slightly dilated, testaceous beneath, except 

 at the base. Wings ample, with a pale cinereous marginal band, 

 which is almost obsolete on the fore part of the hind wings. Fore 

 wings acutely rectangular at the tips, slightly convex and very 

 slightly oblique along the exterior border; marginal dots brown ; 

 reniform mark white, punctiform. Length of the body 7 lines ; of 

 the wings 19 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



