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chalybea,maryine exterior e fusco, reniforme ochracea; posticce 

 extus fusco conspersce, maryine exteriore pallide ochraceo, 

 rnaculis quinque maryinalibus atris purpureo punctatis. 



Male. Whitish. Palpi of the typical structure. Abdomen 

 slightly speckled with brown ; apical tuft white, rather long. 

 Wings with the interior and exterior lines brown, oblique. Fore 

 wings brown at the base and alon^ the basal part of the costa ; ex- 

 terior line extremely zigzag, emitting two or three streaks towards 

 the exterior border ; two more exterior brown lines converging from 

 the costa towards the exterior border, on approaching which there 

 is a slight ochraceous tinge between them ; exterior border brown, 

 with a chalybeous tinge on the hind part of the white space between 

 it and the second of the lines above mentioned ; reniform mark in- 

 dicated by a dull ochraceous spot. Hind wings exteriorly with 

 dark brown speckles ; exterior border pale ochraceous, with five 

 deep black purple-pointed spots. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



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3. Cataclysta Claudialis. 



Mas. Ochracea ; antennae submoniliformes ; thoracis latera an- 

 tica alba ; alee antica lituris septem variis albis fusco maryi- 

 natis ; postica alba?, lineis ochraceis postice connexis, ocellia 

 quatuor maryinalibus atris purpurea punctatis, 



Male, Ochraceous, slender, pale beneath. Palpi slender, 

 obliquely ascending; second joint curved; third lanceolate, more 

 slender and a little shorter than the second. Antennae submonili- 

 form. Thorax white on each side in front. Abdomen whitish. 

 Fore wings with seven white marks of various size and shape, irre- 

 gularly bordered with brown ; first and second larger than the 

 others ; third and fourth lanceolate, transverse ; three intermediate 

 smaller marks. Hind wings white; middle part with some ochra- 

 ceous lines, which are connected hindward ; four deep black purple- 

 pointed marginal ocelli. Length of the body 2\ lines; of the wings 

 f> lines. 



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