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ypsilonavia in poor specimens. The main points that mark out 
this species are the lining of the veins with whitish-grey, and the 
presence of distinct parallel brown lines on either side of the 
median belt. 
Covemia (?) inamenania, Guen.—Superior wings entire, acute at 
the apex, greenish-grey (perhaps quite green in fresh examples) ; 
all the extraordinary lines present but very indistinct, the two 
median ones rather more sensible, and the elbowed line darker 
above ; fringes in good examples violaceous, divided by a line 
in the middle. Inferior wings whitish grey, powdered with violet 
atoms ; some examples have a faint trace of lines, with the 
fringe as in the superior, preceded by indistinct geminated dots. 
The underside of all the wings is in part tinted with violet, with 
a cellular point and traces of two lines. Body concolorous with- 
out markings. Palpi scaly, projected in the form of a beak. 
Antenne of female completely filiform. 
As regards my examples rosy or reddish might replace violet 
in the above description. Fresh specimens have the forewings 
of a peculiar, dull, yellowish green. 
Covemia avdulana, Guéen.—Wings silky, very pale pinky-grey, 
with very indistinct traces of lines, save the two median ones, 
which are blackish upwardly and enclose a black dot very near 
the extra-basal ; sub-terminal absent, preceded by a series of very 
small black nervural dots ; below the apex is an indistinct grey- 
ish dash ; inferior yet paler, without markings on the upperside ; 
pale flesh-coloured beneath, mixed with black atoms, and with 
an indistinct median line formed of black atoms, and a cellular 
dot placed very near the costa. Body concolorous, without 
markings. Palpi prominent, as long as the head. Antenne 
with very fine but long pectinations, filitorm at the apex. Ex- 
panse of wings one inch and a tenth or under. 
This seems to come very near to Covemia voseavia, Doubl. 
Covemia pastinaria, Guén.—Superior wings entire, the terminal 
margin straight, not falcate ; wood-brown, traversed by a multi- 
tude of slender undulated brown lines; the median space cir- 
cumscribed by two narrow bands of a dirty white, each divided 
in the middle by a brown line ; this space, which includes several 
dark lines (of which the exterior two tend to form rings) en- 
closes in the cellule an ashy-grey spot, prolonged and constricted 
on the costa and marked in its centre by a black dot; the sub- 
terminal line is whitish but very irregular, thickened in its lower 
portion and divided above by an oblique black mark ; the fringe 
is preceded by black festooned marks, regular, but isolated by 
the nervures; inferior wings ochreous-yellow, somewhat shining, 
also bordered by black festoons, but with only faint traces of 
lines; beneath they are whitish yellow, with the same faint 
traces of lines formed by brown dots, and with a black cellular 
mark. Palpi rather broad, the second joint flattened and securi- 
form, the third forming a very short tubercle. Abdomen marked 
with a row of geminated black dots. Expanse of wings 13% 
tenths of an inch. 
