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'LEPIDOPTERA llBTEBOOEIU.
Pedes breves, robusti. AlII! anticIII elongatre, acutle, costa 'convexR,
margine exteriore longis~imo subllngulllLo.
Male.-Body very stout, thickly clothed. Proboscis distinct.
Plllpi obliquely ascending, applied to the head, Dot rising 80 high
as the- vertex; third joint conical, nCllte, very minute. Antcnnre
8etulose, rather long. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind
wings; apical tuft small, quadrate. Legs smootb, short, stllut;
hind tibire with four spurs; one spur in eaob pair sbort, tbe other
long. Fore wings elongate, acute, extending milch beyond the
hind wings; cOllta convcx; extenol' bOl'der very Inng, forming
a rounded angle at one· third of the length, extremely C1bliquo bindward;
fringe veryl"'}g towards the interior angle l interiur border
very short,
1. MAscHANE ERllA'lTPENNIS.
Mas. Pu,'~ra8cente-!erruginea, subl'UB ocliracea.; antennce a.{6t8
Bubtu, albar; tkoram antice et abdomen ochracea; alar anticce
tlitta antica lata pallidissime ocl"ac~, lineis duabu8 clnerei,
nigro marginati., 1a angulata, 2a 8ubarCIIata pcrobliqua,
punelis duobu& di&calib,,, et lJuinque tnarginalib'UB albia;
po6ticar pallide cinereal tnarginibu& ObBC'UrioribuI.
Male. Reddish brown, with II. purplish tinge, ocbraceous beneath.
Antennlll white beneath lit tIle 1)88e. Thorax in front and
abdomen ooliraeeons. Fore wings witb a broad very pale ochrllceons
stripe on the fore Plll't of the disk j two oinereollS transvel'Se blllek~
bordered lines; first )ine farming a vcry acute Ilnd prominent Otlt H
ward angle, accompanied in front by two white POilllS; second line
very oblique, slightly clll'ved inward j COl'e part of tIlO oxterior border
with five whitisil points whic11 diminish in size hindwlI.rd; bind
part with tbe fringe white in front; disoal puiut blA.ck, very smnll.
Hind wings pale cinerouus, oxceJlt towards the borders. Length of
the body 7 lines; of tbe wings 18 lines.
a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection.
Mas.
2, MA}lOII.A.NE SIMPLEX.
Ferrugineo-rufa, suhtus pallide rv,felce'1l8; palpt aseentlenter,
breves; 411telinCII 8ub,eto'(.(Jj su6pubBBCll7ltBB,. a.bdomon
ocltraeelJln, basi c,'istatum, alas pOllica. lOllUe 8upOl'ana J altD
antictB lin!'a recta ubligua cltalybtBa, plaua anlira pallide
purpuraseente, mat'ginis interioris angulo jlmbriato belle
(leterminato; po'tiCfJI pallide ru!e8Centes.
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