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DICHROMA EQUESTRALIS. 
are close to the base of the wing, succeeded by a 
deeply angulated bar. The middle portion of the 
wing is marked with eight or ten white spots, the 
middle ones being elongated and corresponding 
with the situation of the branches of the median 
vein ; then follows an oblique bar, strongly angu- 
lated in the middle, extending from the apex to 
the inner margin of the wing, and emitting on 
the outside eight straight branches which extend 
to the outer margin of the wing. The head, wings, 
and body are of a silvery white, slightly shaded 
with brown. The expansion of the wings is fourteen 
lines and a half. 
