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172. Alimala limacodoides, n. s. Mas. Cervina, alis anticis 

 lineis duabus denticulatis nigricantibus valde indistinctis maculis 

 duabus discalibus nigro-cinereis albido marginatis linea submargi- 

 nali cinerea recta obliqua. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Antennae with the nodosity black. Abdomen, 

 under side, and hind wings cinereous-tinged. Fore wings with 

 blackish denticulated very indistinct interior and exterior lines, be- 

 tween which there are two blackish-cinereous whitish-bordered discal 

 spots, one behind the other ; a distinct, straight, oblique, cinereous, 

 submarginal line. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



Gren. Caschara, n. g. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi validi, ascen- 

 dentes; articulus 3 US obtusus, minimus. Antenna late pectinatae, 

 apice crenulatae. Abdomen alas posticas sat superans. Pedes breves, 

 robusti, pilosi. Alee anticae sat latae, apice subrotundatae, margine 

 exteriore subdentato, margine interiore intus dilatato et fimbriato 

 extus excavato. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis not apparent. Palpi stout, ob- 

 liquely ascending, not extending beyond the head ; 3rd joint obtuse, 

 very minute. Antennae broadly pectinated to three-fourths of the 

 length, crenulated from thence to the tips. Abdomen extending 

 rather far beyond the hind wings. Legs short, stout, pilose. Wings 

 rather broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; costa straight ; 

 exterior border straight, rather oblique, slightly dentate; interior 

 border dilated and with a long fringe towards the base, excavated ex- 

 teriorly. Hind wings with the exterior border convex, entire. 



This genus, with regard to the interior border of the fore wings, re- 

 sembles Lophopteryx and Spatalia. 



173. Caschara punctifera, n. s. Mas. Rufescenti- cervina, alis 

 anticis flavo-testaceo variis lineis nonnullis ferrugineis lunulatis paral- 

 lelis linea basali subrecta alba nigricante marginata punctis tribus 

 subcostalibus nigris macula discali flavescenti-alba linea exteriore 

 recta obliqua alba rufescente marginata. 



Male. Reddish fawn-colour. Abdomen, hind wings, and underside 

 paler. Fore wings varied with yellowish testaceous, which hue is 

 most prevalent exteriorly ; several lunulate parallel ferruginous lines ; 

 a white, nearly straight line near the base, blackish-bordered on the 

 inner side, and having beyond it three black subcostal points ; discal 

 spot yellowish whitish-bordered, with a rectangular notch on its inner 

 side, and with two black subcostal points beyond it ; a white straight 

 oblique exterior line, reddish-bordered on the outer side. Hind wings 

 without any markings ; fringe whitish. Length of the body 10 lines ; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 



