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NOCTUIDiE. 
except above, slightly constricted at middle ; postmedial 
line dark brown, oblique, excurved below vein 7 and ending 
below vein 3, then a slight oblique dark brown line beyond 
the medial line from vein 2 to inner margin ; an oblique rather 
maculate dark brown subterminal shade, excurved below 
costa, incurved below vein 3, with a minute white point on 
its outer edge at submedian fold, and ending at tornus ; a 
dark brown line before termen. Hind wing pale red-brown ; 
an indistinct dark brown medial line, oblique from discal to 
submedian fold, then bent inwards to vein 1 ; postmedial 
line dark brown, arising at vein 7, obliquely incurved, angled 
outwards at vein 2 and submedian fold, then bent inwards 
to inner margin ; a whitish line before termen from below 
apex to vein 4, point below vein 4, small blackish spot below 
vein 3 with curved whitish line from its inner edge to termen 
at submedian fold with some fine whitish and dark brown 
pencilling before it ; cilia whitish at tips ; the underside 
whitish tinged with red-brown. 
Hab. Mexico, Acapulco (Walker), 1 g type, San Bias 
(Walker), 1 £, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 32-36 millim. 
Eulepidotis carcistola, n. sp. 
Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; pectus and legs 
brownish white, the fore tibiae brown ringed with white ; 
abdomen brownish white, the ventral surface white. Fore 
wing pale grey-brown with a cupreous gloss ; subbasal line 
dark brown, oblique, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line 
dark brown, very oblique ; medial line dark brown, very 
oblique, a white striga on its outer edge from submedian 
fold to inner margin ; reniform defined by dark brown ; 
postmedial line dark brown, ending at vein 3, some white 
points beyond it on costa ; an indistinct whitish subterminal 
line faintly defined on inner side by diffused dark brown, 
slightly excurved at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3, ending 
at tornus ; a dark brown line before termen defined on inner 
side by whitish ; cilia dark brown with a fine whitish line at 
base. Hind wing pale grey-brown with a slight cupreous 
gloss ; an indistinct oblique dark medial line between discal 
and submedian fold ; postmedial line dark brown, arising 
at discal fold and faintly defined on outer side by ochreous 
to submedian fold, oblique to vein 2, then obliquely incurved 
to submedian fold and bent inwards to inner margin, a patch 
of silvery blue beyond it from vein 3 to submedian fold 
followed by a white bar with two small black spots beyond it 
before termen ; a white line before termen from below apex 
to below vein 4 ; cilia white with a black-brown line through 
them and the tips black-brown from the tail to submedian 
