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LEPIDOPl'JI]IA. BBTBaOOBJU. 39<br />

West Indies.<br />

Seot. N.<br />

M,u. Corpus Silt validum, Proboscis conspioua, PnIpi 10.­<br />

biales ereoti, pubesoentes, vcrtioem supel'antes; artioulus 3uslongi_<br />

conious, 2i dimidio brevior. Pal pi maxi1lares porrecti, breves,<br />

squamoso-hirsud. Antcnnm subserratlll, subpubesoontcs, basi subincrassatlll.<br />

AMomen alas postic8s su perons i fascioulus apicalis<br />

parvus, quadratus. Pedes validi; lroves; tibi81 posticre calcaribus<br />

quatuor longia. Alle antiolll langill, angustm, apioe rotuudatlB, mar·<br />

gine exteriore couvexo,<br />

Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis disanct. Labial<br />

po.lpi ereot, pubescent, rising higher tban tbe vertex j third joint<br />

elongate-conical, less than half t.he length of the secoud, Maxillary<br />

palpi porrcot, short, squamous-hirsute, Antennlll very mi·<br />

nutoly aelTated and pllbcsoent, slightly inorassated at the base,<br />

Abdomon extending somewhat beyond the hind wings; apiolll tuft<br />

small, quadrate. Legs stout, smooth j bind tibilD with four long<br />

spur.. Wings elongate. Fore wings Darrow, rounded at the tips;<br />

costa straight; extel'ior border ouuvex, moderately oblique.<br />

3, TnA.OnONITls LUOIDALIS,<br />

Mas. Cinerea; aim anlictl' ni,qro conspBfsis,fasciis duabus, linoa<br />

IJl1Ilteriore abbft'viata lineaqua BubmaJ'ginali dentl.lta dupUcatlJ<br />

nigricantibus po81iCII fmugineis, punctis ml.lrginaUbw nip",;<br />

(11m po,tic(t! iridesc(lIIles sub!tyaUn«J,<br />

Male, Oi1lereou8, Fore wings hoary, minutely blo.ok-speokled,<br />

with blaokish markings, whioh become ferruginllus tcwnrds the. interior<br />

border; II. basal haud, another bn.nd before the middle, an<br />

obliquo exterior linD which is abbreviated in front, and a double<br />

dentate submargi1lal linc j marginal points blaok, Hind wings<br />

nearly byaline, very irldesl'ent; fringe whitish, interlined with pale<br />

brown DelLl the hnsc like that of the fore wings. Length of the<br />

body 6-7 lines; of the wings 14-16 lines.<br />

a, b. St. Domingo. 1!'rom Mr. Tweedie's co11eotioD.<br />

Borneo.<br />

4, TRAonoN1TIB Dlr.A.TIOORNIS,<br />

Mas. Ce''1Iina; 7Jaf1'i lati, lII'ecti, lu6arcuali, "artiee", BUpDfllnter;<br />

anteootll dimidz(I blUaU inCl'a8Battll et dilatatl1J; t!orar» punetil<br />

E2

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