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curved ; third lanceolate, much more slender than the second and 
about half its length. Antennae stout. Abdomen extending a little 
beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth; femora and tibiae rather 
broad. Wings rather broad. Fore wings acute, with seven pale 
luteous brown-bordered mostly irregular and connected bands ; 
fringe pale luteous, brown at the base, Hind wings much like the 
fore wings ; exterior border slightly undulating. Length of the 
body 3^ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 
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Cataclysta 2Eglesalis. 
Mas. Lutea; anlennce graciles ; abdomen alas poslicas sat su - 
perans ; alee sat angusta, fimbria albida ; antica vix acuta, 
lineis albidis , linea interior e recta s trig ague discali cinereo 
marginatis , striga postica porrecta , strigis duabus exterioribus 
albis postice attenuatis et approximate ; postica pallidiores , 
lituris discalibus purpureo-auratis , fascia marginali saturate 
purpurea annulos quatuor purpureo-auratos includente. 
Male. Luteous. Palpi slender, curved, ascending. Antennae 
slender. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. 
Wings rather narrow; fringe whitish. Fore wings hardly acute; 
lines whitish ; straight interior line and discal streak cinereous-bor- 
dered ; a longitudinal cinereous streak near the interior angle ; two 
white exterior streaks attenuated and converging hindward, and 
ceasing at some distance from the interior angle. Hind wings 
a little paler, with some purple-gilded marks in the disk, and with a 
deep purple marginal band, which contains four purple-gilded 
ringlets. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
Allied to C. pyropalis. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
Cataclysta C^esoalis. 
Mas. Albida ; antenna robusta ; thorax cupreofuscus ; abdomen 
alas posticas paullo superans ; ala antica apice subrotundata , 
basi fuscescentes. extus cervina , lineis albidis , linea interiore 
subarcuata , linea exleriore valde flexa, linea submar ginali 
recta ; postica albida , fascia interiore fuscescente , fascia 
media cervina , lineis exterioribus fuscis serpentinis , fascia 
marginali atra ocellos quatuor purpureo-auratos includente . 
