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3. Asopia Archasialis. 



Lnteo-testacea ; abdominis segmenta albo marginata ; alee lineis 

 duabus nigricantibus vix denticulatis, linea marginali nigra; 

 antica peracutce, casta obscuriore, linea submarginali subrecta 

 postice abbreviata, orbiculari vacua subquadrata, reniformi e 

 striga nigricante. 



Luteous-testaceous, whitish beneath. Abdominal segments 

 with white hind borders. Wings with two hardly denticulated 

 blackish lines; marginal line black, slightly interrupted by the 

 veins in the fore wings. Fore wings very acute ; costa slightly 

 dusky; snbmarginal line almost straight, abbreviated hindward ; 

 orbicular mark void, irregularly subquadrate ; reniform distinguished 

 by a blackish streak. Length of the body 3J lines ; of the wings 

 9 lines. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq, 



West Indies. 

 4. Asopia Dircealis. 



Foem. Ochracea ; thorax luteo varius ; abdomen basi luteum, 

 segmentis argenteo marginatis ; alee luteo oariee, spatio mar- 

 ginali latissimo fuscescente-rufo, lineis duabus obliquis fuscis, 

 linea marginali pallida nigricante marginata, fimbria cinerea , 

 anticce apud costam fusees cente-ruf 'a? , linea 3a fusca postice 

 abbreviata. 



Female. Ochraceous, white beneath. Thorax partly luteous. 

 Abdomen luteous at the base ; hind borders of the segments silvery 

 white. Wings partly luteous ; exterior part very largely brownish 

 red; two oblique brown lines; the exterior one slightly denticulated 

 in the fore wings, bordering in the hind wings the brownish red 

 part ; marginal line pale, blackish-bordered ; fringe cinereous, 

 shining. Fore wings brownish red along the costa ; a third more 

 exterior brown line, abbreviated hindward by the brownish red part. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



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