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2. AsURA GAUDENS. 



Atra ; prothorax, caput, et abdomen subtus apiceque lutea ; alct 

 anticce maculis septem et fascia luteis; alee posticce lutece fascia 

 discali apiceque late nigris. 



Black. Head luteous. Palpi and proboscis testaceous. Ab- 

 domen luteous at the tip and beneath except a black band near the 

 tip. Antennae black. Prothorax luteous. Fore wings with four 

 luteous spots, beyond which there is a curved band, and nearer the 

 tip three more spots. Hind wings luteous with a black band, and 

 with a broad black band which occupies at the tips more than 

 one-third of the length. Length of the body 3 — 3^ lines ; of 'the 

 wings 9 — 10 lines. 



a, b. ? 



Genus 87. LACTUEA. 



Fcem. Corpus sublineare, breviusculum, mediocriter validum. 

 Proboscis sat longa. Palpi robusti, capite multo breviores ; arti- 

 culus 3us conicus, 2o quadruplo brevior. Antennae validae, subser- 

 ratae, corpore vix breviores. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. 

 Pedes subvalidi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Ala? an- 

 gustae, non longae ; anticae ad costam vix convexae, postice suban- 

 gulatae. 



Female. Body nearly linear, rather short, moderately stout; 

 Proboscis rather long. Palpi stout, much shorter than the head ; 

 third joint conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae stout, very minutely serrated, almost as long as 

 the body. Abdomen extending for one-third of its length beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs rather stout ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Wings narrow, not long. Fore wings hardly convex in front, slightly 

 angular behind ; inferior veins near together at the base ; third twice 

 further from the second than the second from the first ; fourth about 

 twice further from the third than the third from the second. 



1. Lactura dives. 



Cupreo-fusca ; caput luteum ; palpi, antennce et pedes nigra ; thorax 

 fiavo biguttatus ; abdomen luteo bivittatum ; pedes nigri ; alee 

 anticce flavo septemmaculatce ; posticce basi lutece. 



Cupreous brown. Head luteous, yellow in front and beneath. 

 Palpi and antennae black. Proboscis testaceous. Thorax in front 



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