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lineis quinque undulatis transversis spatioque exteriore costali purpu- 

 rascenti-fuscis, fimbria purpurascente. 

 Male. Brick red. Head and fore part of the thorax dark ferruginous 

 brown. Abdomen and hind wings whitish. Fore wings with five 

 undulating transverse purplish-brown lines ; space along the exterior 

 half of the costa and on one-third of the breadth purplish brown ; 

 friDge purplish. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



Gen. Birthama, n, g. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi porrecti, sub- 

 cylindrici, non pilosi, caput sat superantes, articulo 3° conico parvo. 

 Antenna simplices. Abdomen alas posticas non superans, fasciculo api- 

 cali minimo. Pedes breves, robusti, pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor longis. Alee spissae, latiusculae, non longae ; anticae apice 

 rotundatae. 



Male. Body robust. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, nearly cylin- 

 drical, not pilose, extending rather far beyond the head ; 3rd joint 

 conical, minute, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. 

 Antennae simple, moderately long and stout. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft very small. Legs short, stout, 

 pilose ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings dense, rather broad, 

 not long. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; costa straight ; exterior 

 border convex, rather oblique ; interior angle very much rounded ; 

 3rd inferior vein rather remote from the 2nd. 



211. Birthama obliqua, n. s. Mas. Rosea, abdomine pedibusque 

 ochraceo-rufis, alis anticis linea diffusa obliqua nigricante, alis posticis 

 roseo-cinereis margine exteriore roseo. 



Male. Rosv red. Abdomen and legs more ochraceous. Fore win^s 

 with a diffuse oblique blackish line, which extends from one-third of 

 the length of the interior border to the tips; under side without mark- 

 ings. Hind wings cinereous, with a rosy tinge and with a rosy-red 

 exterior border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Fam. DREPANULIDiE, Boisd. 

 G-en. Drepaxa, Sch. 



212. Drepana QUADRiruNCTATA, n. s. Mas. Testacea, antennis 

 rufescentibus late pectinatis, alis linea exteriore subobscuriore lunu- 

 lata denticulata, puDCto discali nigro, alis anticis falcatis striga apicali 

 nigra. 



Male. Testaceous. Antennae reddish, broadly pectinated. Abdomen 

 whitish testaceous. Wings with the exterior line rather darker than 

 the ground-hue, lunulate and denticulated, most distinct in the fore 

 wings, where it terminates in a black apical streak ; discal point black. 



