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Male. Ferruginous-brown, mostly testaceous beneatb. Palpi 

 reverted nearly to the bind border of tbe thorax ; first joint rather 

 long ; second curved ; third fringed, shorter than the second. An- 

 tennae nodose and tufted in the middle, convoluted from thence to 

 the tips. Wings rather narrow; a blackish brown oblique band, 

 which has a whitish line along most of the inner side, and is bent 

 outward towards the costa of the fore wings ; marginal lunules 

 brown, slightly bordered w r ith whitish ; marginal line luteous. 

 Fore wings with a testaceous streak along the costa towards 

 its tip, and with a short blackish streak extending to the angle of 

 the exterior border; a black glaucous-bordered apical ocellus ; or- 

 bicular and renifonn marks white ; the latter narrow. Hind wings 

 denticulated, with an oblong black spot by the inner side of the 

 band. Wings beneath with a black discal mark on each. Length 

 of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



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LOCASTRA PHERECIUSALIS. 



a. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Staiuforth's collection. 



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Bertula contigens. 



Mas. Cinereo-alba ; palpi longi^ validi, fuscescentes, ascendentes, 

 articulis arete connexis ; antenna dimidio basali setoso ; tho- 

 rax antice fuscus ; abdomen testaceum, alas posticus superans ; 

 ala? antica? nigro conspersce, lineis nigris, interiore subrecta 

 antice abbreviate exteriore valde Jiexa, subrnarginali valde 

 diffusa et indistincta, orbiculari et reniformi nigris ; posticce 

 semihyalince. 



Male. Cinereous-white. Palpi long, stout, brownish, slightly 

 inclined backward, rising high above the fore part of the thorax; 

 second and third joints closely conjoined, so as apparently to form 

 one joint. Antennae setose for half the length from the base. 

 Thorax blown and flecked with black in front. Abdomen testa- 

 ceous, with some black flecks on each side, extending rather beyond 

 the hind wings. Fore wings speckled with black ; lines black ; inte- 

 rior line nearly straight and upright, abbreviated in front ; exterior 

 line composed of black marks, much bent outward ; submarginal 



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