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ClERCEDIA VARIOLOSA. 



Mas. Lutea ; alee antica? pallide flavce luteo conspersce, extus pal' 

 lide purpuras centes, fascia intermedia fusca fasciisque duabus 

 luteo-fulvis, lineis fuscis angulosis, orbiculari fusca pallida 

 pupillata, reniformi ex parte pallida; posticce pallidissime 

 cervina? , ciliis albo marginatis. 



Male. Luteous. Abdomen paler than the thorax. Fore 

 wings pale yellow, with luteous speckles from the base to the 

 middle ; exterior half lilac, with a brown intermediate baud, and 

 with two luteous fawn-coloured bands, one marginal, the other 

 adjoining the brown band, and not extending beyond the middle 

 from the costa ; lines brown, angular, the exterior one bounding 

 the short band ; orbicular spot brown, round, with a pale central 

 mark ; reniform partly pale, its outline indistinct. Hind wings 

 very pale fawn-colour; ciliae with white borders, like those of 

 the fore wings. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



a. North India. Presented by General Hearsay. 



ClRROEDlA EDENTATA. 



Mas. Lutea; caput cristatum ; abdomen testaceum ; alee antica 

 lineis quatuor ferrugineis, la 2aque connexis, 3a 4aque abbre- 

 viatis, fascia exteriore diffusa pallide purpurascente, ciliis 

 albo marginatis, orbiculari parva alba transversa f us co margi- 

 nata, reniformi subobsoleta, angulo marginis exterioris con- 

 spicuo ; postica testacece, apud costam alba. 



Male. Luteous. Head tufted. Abdomen testaceous. Fore 

 wings with four irregular transverse ferruginous lines, the first and 

 the second united by the hind border, the third and fourth not ex- 

 tending beyond the middle of the wing from the costa ; a diffuse 

 lilac band between the fourth line and the exterior border, almost 

 obsolete landward; ciliae with white borders; orbicular spot small, 

 white, transverse, with a brown border; reniform almost obsolete ; 

 exterior border with a conspicuous angle. Hind wings testaceous, 

 white along the costa. Length of the body 5£ lines ; of the wings 

 13 lines. 



a. Tasmania. From Mr. Wood's collection. 



