﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1791 



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Deva purpurigera. 



Cervina, subhcs pallide Jlava ; palporum articulus 3m5 2i dimidio 

 longior ; abdomen pallidum; alee anticce subfalcatce, niyro 

 conspersce, subpurpurascentes^ ex parte auratce, reniformi obli- 

 gua, orbiculari annuliformi^ annulo postrriore et linea bnsali 

 nigricantibua^ tinea exteriore piirpuraacente suhrecta duplicata 

 perobliqua, linea submarginali valde incompleta ; posticce al- 

 bidce. 



Fawn-colour, pale yellow beneath. Palpi vertical ; third joint 

 more than half the length of the second. Abdoraen pale. Fore 

 wings subfalcate, partly gilded or with a slight purple tinge, trans- 

 versely speckled with black; a blackish basal line; interior line 

 rather oblique; a blackish ringlet behind the orbicular mark, which 

 also forms a ringlet; reniform oblique, contracted in the middle; 

 an almost straight double very oblique exterior purplish line, which 

 extends to the tip of the wing ; subraarginal line very incomplete. 

 Hind wings whitish. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 

 13 lines. 



a. Orilla, West Canada. From Mr. Bush's collection. 



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Genus BAGISAKA. 



Mas, Corpus robustum, dense pilosum. Proboscis mediocris. 

 Palpi validi, arcuati, erecti, corapressi, pilosi, arcie applicati ; arti- 

 culus 3us linearis, apice rotundatus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae 

 crenulatae, valde robustae. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas posticas di- 

 midio superans, hamis duobus apicalibus. Pedes lonj^iusculi, sat 

 graciles, femoribus tibiisque densissime pilosis, calcaribus posticis 

 longis. Alae longiusculae, subtus lanuginosae, fimbria perbrevi ; an- 

 ticie apud costam rectae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male, Body stout, densely clothed. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi stout, curved, veriical, compressed, pilose, closely ap- 

 plied together; third joint linear, rounded at the tip, less than half 

 the length of the second. Antennae crenulate, very stout. Abdomen 

 lanceolate, extending for half its length beyond the hind wings, 

 with a slender apical forceps; tuft small. Legs rather long and 

 slender; femora and tibiae very densely clothed ; hind tibiae with 

 long spurs. Wings rather lon^if, somewhat lanuginous beneath ; 

 fringe very short. Fore wings straight along the costa, rectangular 



