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CATALOGUE OF 
not distinct; underside with a straight incomplete black line, which 
is dilated on the hind wings, and does not correspond to the line 
above. Fore wings very falcate ; tips rounded ; costa very convex ; 
exterior border slightly convex, much excavated behind the tip; 
line accompanied by white points, forming an angle very near the 
costa. Hind wings with more minute white points on the line, 
along whose outer side there is a slight diffuse blackish band. 
Length of the body 5J lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 
Bio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
28. Drepanodes impurpurata. 
Foem. Albido-purpurea ; caput supra cervinum; ala pallidce pur- 
purea, breviusculce , nigro subconspersce , linea ochracea recta 
extus albida, puncto discali nigro, fimbria ochracea, plagasub - 
costali ochracea, linea costam versus angulata refiexa, costa 
subconvexa. 
Female. Whitish purple, whitish beneath. Head fawn-colour 
above. Palpi rising a little higher than the front and thus longer 
than in the typical species of the genus. Wings pale pm ple, rather 
short, minutely speckled with black ; line ochraceous, straight, 
whitish on the outer side ; discal point black ; fringe ochraceous. 
Fore wings falcate, with an ochraceous patch adjoining the interior 
side of the line near the costa, which is slightly convex ; line reflexed 
and forming an angle near the costa. Length of the body 5 lines ; 
of the wiugs 14 lines. 
a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson’s collection. 
29. Drepanodes impensata. 
Mas. Ochracea , sat gracilis ; caput supra album ; ala brevius- 
cula, latiuscula , nigro subconspersa , linea ochracea recta extus 
albido marginata, spatio exteriore pallidiore subpur pur ascente , 
puncto discali nigro ; antica subfalcata , lineis duabus indis- 
tinctis, ochraceis undulatis dijfusis subobliquis, costa vix con - 
vex a. 
Male. Dull ochraceous, rather slender, whitish cinereous beneath. 
Palpi obliquely ascending, slightly curved, shorter than in the pre- 
ceding species. Head while above between the antennae. Wings 
rather short and broad ; line very distinct, ochraceous, straight, 
