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nearly round, and opposite the interior one of the fore wings. Length 

 of the body 3£ lines; of the wings 6£ lines. 



a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



13. Desmia Tagesalts. 



Nigra; cnput subtus pectusque anticum alba; abdomen strigis 

 duabus apicalibus albis, ventre pedibusque ex parte albidis ; 

 alee cupreo purpureoque tinctm ; anticce maculis duabus ob- 

 longis transversis opalino-albis, la extus incisa ; posticce 

 fascia opalino-alba ex parte interlineata. 



Phalaena Tages, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 2, pi. 97, f. D. 

 Phalaena funerata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 210, 302. 

 Hyalitis Tagesalis, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 291 , 292. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



14. Desmia Ufealis. 



D. Tagesali simillima ; alee anticce macula la margines atfingente, 

 2a costam attingente, punctis duobus inter mediis albis. 



Phalaena Ufeus, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 2, pi. 92, f. E. 

 Hyalitis Ufealis, Guen. Delt. et PyraL 291, 293. 



Surinam. 



This species is considered by Fabricius as a variety of the pre- 

 ceding one, and it probably is so; their larvae feed on aquatic 

 plants. 



15. Desmia Canacealis. 



Fcem. Ferrugineo-fusca ; abdomen albo fasciatum ; aim fasciis 

 duabus indistinctis cinereis ; anticea? linea interiore alba 

 subarcuata vix obliqua, linea exteriore albida undulata apul 

 costam dilatata,reniformi alba parva angusta obliqua ; posticus 

 linea interiore alba recta obliqua. 



Female. Ferruginous-brown, cinereous-brown beneath. Body 

 whitish beneath. Tegulae of the thorax long, dark brown. Abdomen 

 with slender white bands. Wings with two indistinct cinereous 

 bands ; a row of black marginal points between an interrupted white 

 line and a broader complete testaceous line ; fringe white, except at 

 the base. Fore wings with a slightly curved almost upright in- 

 terior white line, and with an exterior undulating whitish line, which 



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