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body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. Gen. THALATTA, _Walk._ 25. Thalatta aurigutta, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ xv. 1793. Fam. HYPOGRAMMIDAE, _Guenee_. Gen. BRIARDA, _Walk._ 26. BRIARDA PLAGIFERA, n. s. _Mas._ Ferrugineo-cinerea; capite thoraceque antico nigricantibus; tibiis ciliatis; alis sat angustis subdenticulatis, anticarum fascia basali, macula discali maculaque costali exteriore nigricantibus, lineis exteriore et submarginali fuscis duplicatis denticulatis subnebulosis; alis posticis pallide cinereis, semihyalinis, fusco latissime marginatis. _Male._ Cinereous, tinged with ferruginous. Head and fore part of the thorax blackish. Palpi obliquely ascending; third joint linear, conical at the tip, about half the length of the second. Antennae hardly setose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout; tibiae fringed; spurs very long. Wings rather narrow, slightly denticulated. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, very oblique along the exterior border; a blackish band near the base, abbreviated hindward; a large blackish spot on the reniform mark, and a diffuse blackish spot near the tip of the costa; exterior and submarginal lines brown, double, denticulated, with the space along their borders somewhat clouded. Hind wings pale cinereous, semihyaline, with very broad brown borders. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 22 lines. Fam. CATEPHIDAE, _Guenee_. Gen. STEIRIA, _Walk._ 27. STEIRIA PHRYGANEOIDES, n. s. _Mas._ Pallide cinerea, rufescente conspersa; palpis longis vix ascendentibus; alis sat angustis denticulatis; alarum anticarum squamis nonnullis nigris fuscisque, marginibus exteriore et interiore non conspersis, reniformi magna; alis posticis pallide cinereis, fusco late marginatis. _Male._ Pale cinereous, thickly speckled with ferruginous red. Palpi long, hardly ascending, almost straight; third joint linear, obtuse at the tip, rather shorter than the second. Antennae bare. Abdomen conical, extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small. Legs rather long and slender, almost bare; spurs very long. Wings rather narrow; exterior border denticulated. Fore wings with the speckles mostly confluent in the disk, mostly wanting along the interior and exterior borders; several black and brown speckles, some of which border the large reniform mark. Hind wings pale cinereous, with a broad brown border. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines.
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