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16. Gauris bigerana. 
Foem. Obscure fusca; antennae dimiclio basali incrassato 
squamoso ; aloe anticce cinereo conspersae ; pectus album; 
abdominis segmenta cinereo marginata ; pedes albo fasciati ; 
aloe tinea marginali ochracea ; anticce subfalcatae , spatio medio 
atomis cinereis , fascia submar ginali ochracea valde angulosa , 
fimbria antice chalybcea. 
Female. Dark brown. Proboscis very short. Palpi smooth, 
slender, obliquely ascending, much shorter than the breadth of the 
head ; third joint lanceolate. Antennae setulose, incrassated with 
scales for more than half the length from the base. Thorax and 
fore wings very minutely speckled with cinereous. Abdomen with 
a cinereous band on the hind border of each segment. Pectus 
shining white. Legs with white bands. Wings with a marginal 
ochraceous line. Fore wings acute, subfalcate; middle space 
thickly speckled with hoary, concisely divided from the basal space; 
submarginal band ochraceous, very zigzag; fringe chalybeous in 
front; costa and exterior border hardly convex, the latter very 
slightly oblique. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 
8 lines. 
a — e . Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
17. Gauris canofusa.na. 
Cupreo-nigra ; alee anticce lineis duabus albis transversis sub - 
rectis , plagis duabus exterioribus diffusis albis , macula 
subapicali furcata lineaque marginali ochraceis , fimbria 
cinerea. 
Allied to G. bigerana . Cupreous-black. Fore wings acute, 
hardly falcate, with two while transverse nearly straight lines ; 
second line in the middle; two exterior diffuse white patches; 
a forked subapical ochraceous spot; marginal line ochraceous; 
fringe cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 
8 lines. 
Amazon Region. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
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