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a white dot and a white point ; under side with a short broad trans- 

 verse costal subapical brownish streak. Length of the body 5 lines 

 of the wings 13 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Bleptina hastiferalis. 



Fcem. Obscure fusca ; palpi longi, ascendentes ; articulus 2us 

 arcuatus ; Sus rectus, gracillimus, acutus, 2o fere longior ; 

 alee longiusculce, sat angustce, sub denticulata?, lineu media 

 albida obliqua vix denticulata, sub margin all albida valde 

 indistincta ; anticce subfalcata, margine exteriore subfiexo. 



Female. Dark brown, cinereous-brown beneath. Palpi long, 

 rising very high above the head; second joint curved; third 

 straight, very sleuder, acute, full as long as ihe second. Wings 

 rather long and narrow, slightly denticulated ; middle line whitish, 

 oblique, hardly denticulated ; subrnarginal line whitish, very indis- 

 tinct ; marginal lunules blackish, with cinereous borders. Fore 

 wings subfalcate, with the exterior border very slightly bent. 

 Length of the body 4^- lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



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



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Bleptina Theroalis. 



Fcem. Cervina; palpi fuscescentes, ascendentes, arcuati ; articu- 

 lus Sus acicularis, basi apiceque albus, 2o valde brevier ; tarsi 

 subtus pallide testacei ; tibia? antica apice albidce ; alee lon- 

 giusculce ; antica apud costam albido-testacea?, margines versus 

 cinerascentes, linea exteriore pallide cinerea undulata indis- 

 tincta, sub mar ginaii albida denticulata, fimbria albido varia, 

 reniformi subobwleta ; postica? cinerea. 



Female, Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Palpi brownish, 

 curved, ascending above the head ; third joint acicular, white at the 

 base and at the tip, much shorter than the second. Tarsi pale tes- 

 taceous beneath ; fore tibiae whitish at the tips. Wings rather 

 long. Fore wings whitish testaceous along the costa, somewhat 

 cinereous hindward and about the exterior border; exterior line 

 pale cinereous, undulating, indistinct; subrnarginal line whitish, 

 denticulated ; marginal points brown ; exterior border slightly 



