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interspace ; orbicular and reniform rather incompletely 
defined by brown, the former round, the latter large, figure-of- 
eight-shaped ; medial line brown, excurved in the cell ; 
postmedial line diffused, dark brown with some purplish grey 
scales on its outer side except towards costa, slightly waved, 
oblique to vein 6 and strongly incurved below vein 4, some 
white points with dark brown between them beyond it on 
costa ; a curved subterminal series of small dark brown spots 
defined on outer side by whitish ; a waved dark brown line 
just before termen ; cilia dark brown. Hind wing bright 
chestnut-brown tinged with violaceous and irrorated with 
dark brown ; a large discoidal spot defined by dark brown, 
rather constricted at middle and with some brown in upper 
and lower parts ; a rather diffused brown line from lower 
angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line diffused black- 
brown with some purplish grey scales on its outer side except 
towards costa, dentate, oblique to vein 5 and incurved below 
vein 4 ; a curved subterminal series of small dark brown 
spots defined on outer side by whitish ; a waved black -brown 
line just before termen ; cilia dark brown. Underside 
brighter rufous, the terminal areas paler and on fore wing 
with white and dark brown irroration on costal half ; the 
stigmata of both wings with white annuli, incomplete above, 
the postmedial lines dark brown defined on outer side by 
white, slightly waved, the small dark subterminal spots 
distinctly defined on outer side by white. 
Hab. Venezuela, 1 $ type. Exp. 30 millim. 
Oxidercia asapliisema, n. sp. 
9 . Head and thorax bright red-brown ; antennae with 
whitish points on the shaft in front towards base ; palpi wit 
the 2nd joint white at extremity, the 3rd white irr orate 
with red-brown ; abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown ; 
pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white ; fore legs 
white, the tibiae irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing 
bright red-brown ; antemedial fine indistinct, brown, angled 
outwards below costa, then waved ; a round brown spot in 
middle of cell and some slight dark marks on the discocellu- 
lars ; postmedial line indistinct, dark brown, waved, oblique 
to vein 6 and strongly incurved below vein 4, some short 
white streaks beyond it on costa ; a curved subterminal 
series of small dark brown spots ; a waved black terminal 
line forming points at the interspaces. Hind wing bright 
red-brown tinged with grey and with slight dark irroration ; 
a faint brown annulus at lower angle of cell with dark point 
in centre, a faint waved line from it to inner margin ; post- 
medial line blackish defined on outer side by grey and with 
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