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CATALOGUE OF 
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Mecytha trimacula. 
The characters of this species are incomplete in the above page 
in consequence of the state of the specimen there described. 
Mas. Corpus crassum, dense pilosum. Proboscis non con- 
spicua. Palpi brevissimi ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae late 
pectinate, thorace paullo breviores. Abdomen alas posticas longe 
superans. Pedes breves, tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus minimis. 
Alse latiusculae, non longae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotun- 
datae, margine exteriore subconvexo sat obliquo. 
Male. Body very stout, thickly pilose. Palpi very short, not 
extending so far as the bead; third joint very small. Antennae 
deeply pectinated. Abdomen extending for one-third of its length 
beyond the hind wings. Legs short, stout. Wings rather broad, 
not long. Fore wings straight along the costa, rounded at the tips, 
slightly convex and rather oblique along the exterior border; first 
and second inferior veins contiguous at the base ; third as far from 
the second as from the fourth. 
Mas. Obscure fusca ; caput et thorax alba ; palpi et antenna 
nigra ; thorax nigro trimaculatus ; abdomen e maculis albis 
trivittatum ; pedes albo fasciati ; ala antica f asciis latis dif- 
fusis canis , lineis undulosis albis , ocellis nonnullis albidis , 
maculis nonnullis discalibus nigricantibus unaque costali 
alba. 
Male. Dark brown. Head and thorax white above. Palpi 
and antennae black. Thorax with a black spot on each side, and 
one in front, which is occasionally obsolete. Abdomen with three 
stripes of white spots, which occasionally form interrupted bands. 
Legs with white bands. Fore wings with two broad diffuse hoary 
bands, which are interrupted by undulating white lines ; the outer 
band is accompanied by a row of whitish ringlets ; two or three 
blackish spots in the disk, and a white costal spot at three-fourths 
of the length. Hind wings a little paler than the fore wings, with 
two very slight and slender whitish bands, the one discal, the other 
submarginal, and composed of small dots. Length of the body 7—9 
lines ; of the wings 14 — 17 lines. 
Var. fl. Inner band of the hind wings obsolete. 
Var. y. Both bands of the hind wings obsolete. 
