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OATALOGUli: Oll'<br />

oinereons, with a white costal subapical mark. Hind wings slightly<br />

hyaline and iridescent, tinged with brnwn along the exLelior border.<br />

Lenjlth of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines.<br />

a. St. Domingo. F1'om !\Ir. Tweedie's colleotion.<br />

Genus 64. PSEUDOCERA.<br />

Ftem. Corpus sat gracile. Probosois mediocl'is. Pnlpi erecll,<br />

vertieem lonA'e superantcs j articulus 2us gl·oeilis. subnreuatus i 3UB<br />

setiformis, 20 b)'evior. Antennw sat graciles; arliculllS IllS rollltStUB,<br />

cornu emittens reotum I'eftexum corl!!lriR dimidio lou gillS. AbdomeD<br />

alas posticus pRllllo sllpefllDs. Pedes longiuscnli, sat gtu.­<br />

oiles. AIm anti em augustw, elongutm, &ubacutm.<br />

Female. Body l'ath!'r slender. Prollosci~ moderately long.<br />

Palpi ercct, very mueh lODger IhaD the hreadlb of the bearl;<br />

second juint slender. slightly oUl'ved j thh'd ('xt!'elllely slml!lor. sotiform,<br />

shorter than the second. Antcnnru I'uther slendcr i lirstjllint<br />

atont. furnished at thl' tip with a lung straight linear reOexcd IIqUIl*<br />

mons-hirsute appendulle. wbich extf:'nds !lvpr pllrt of the nb!lumen.<br />

Abdomen extending II. Iiule beyond tbe hiltll wings. I.('g~ slIIoo,h,<br />

rather long and sIt'nder j hind tibim with fhur Jonit' spurs. Furc<br />

wings nunow. clongated. slightly acute j costa atr.light j cx.tel'jor<br />

border l'el'y slightly convex, rather oblique.<br />

1. 'PB1i:DDOOERA INCONCISA.<br />

Foam. CiflPrea, B'IlbtUR cCl'vina; eap,d et tl,oram anticus Cill'vintl;<br />

aT(/] anticll1 fascia latissima fllsca linpam cincrl'aIU sub,'cctam<br />

includente, fascia emtenore IUBca postiee abblYiviata, spatia<br />

Bubmarginali rufesrelllB, spatia ma''fJiJlali nigricante liflllllta"<br />

ar;enteo-cinereas inclUllente; posticll1 cinereo-cerolnCII, litu,i,<br />

m~1Im dl1terminatiB.<br />

Filmale. Cinel'colls, fllwn-coloul'and,sbining boneath. ITelld<br />

and fore part of the thorax somewllat fawn-colour. Fore wings<br />

with a very broad dlUk hrown baud, wbicb includes a nCllrly Rtl't1ight<br />

cinerenus line j a narrow exterior brown lllmd. wbich is lUnch abbrc·<br />

yiated hindwRl'd, and is contiguous to an il'reguJl1l' l'cd(lish suhmarginal<br />

space; marginal streaks silvery gray 011 II blnckish grouud,<br />

each straight stl'euk bctween two oblique streaks, Hind wings<br />

cinereous fawn-colour, with markings much like those of the forc<br />

wings, but less distinct. Leng~h of the body I) lines; of tho wings<br />

121ines.<br />

Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saundel'S' collection.

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