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straight along the costa, with seraitransparent marks ; outer borders 

 very oblique, convex in the middle ; hind angle rounded ; first and 

 second inferior veins almost close together at the base ; fourth about 

 eight times further from the fourth than from the second. Hind 

 wings semitransparent, with opaque borders. 



1. Taxila crucifera. 



Fusca; antenna nigra; thorax fascia antica arcuata fiava ; 



abdominis segmenta fasciis interruptis viridi-flavis ; apex 



luteus; ala' antica rufo notata, vittaque discali fasciaque 



subapicali obliqua albis, semihyalinis ; postica alba, semi- 



hyalina, margine fusco rufonotato. 



Xhelonia crucifera, Perty, Del Anim. Artie. Bras. 160, pi. 32, f. 4. 



Brown Antennae black. Thorax with a curved pale yellow 



band in front. Abdomen with an interrupted pale greenish yellow 



band on each segment; tip luteous. Fore wings with a white 



semitransparent discal stripe, and with au oblique subapical band ot 



the same colour; some red marks at the base most ^ apparent 



beneath, as is a curved red streak near the hind angle. Hind 



winffs semi-transparent, with a bright red brown-bordered margin, 



-which is accompanied by some white dots along its outer side. 



i Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Page 616. 

 Genus ARCTIA. 

 43. Arctia ? DIVISA. 

 Alas Testacea ; abdomen supra rufescens, e maculisnigris bivit- 

 ^ \atum ; ala antica rufo notata ; postica rufa, flavo notata. 

 Male Testaceous. Palpi extending a little beyond the head ; 

 first joint' very short; second very long; third very minute An- 

 tenn* moderately pectinated. Abdomen extending a htt le beyond 

 the Mud wings ; reddish above, with a row of black spots along each 

 side Hind tibia, with four moderately long spurs. Wings rather 

 broad Fore wings with some red marks, which are most prevalent 

 beneath Hind wings red, with a few yellow marks; under Bide 

 Se vcliowV with a small red spot in the disk, and a larger one by 

 fiSor'border. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 22 

 lines. . . 



a Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



3 x 2 



