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sat valicli, verticem non superantes; articulus 3"' conicus. Antennae 

 crebre setosoe. Abdomen alas posticas non superans; sexualia 

 magna. Pedes graciles, longiusculi; tibiae posticas dilatatse; 

 tarsi postici brevissimi. Alae antics latae, acutae, margiue exter- 

 iore vix convexo. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis short. Palpi erect, 

 rather stout, not rising higher than the vertex; 3rd joint conical, 

 not more than one-sixth of the length of the 2nd. Antennae 

 tldckly setose. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings; 

 tip with lateral valves, and with a large tuft. Legs slender, 

 rather long; hind tibiae dilated; hind tarsi very short. Wings 

 broad. Fore wings acute; exterior border very slightly rounded, 

 moderately oblique. 



73. Nebessa chalybceata. Mas. Pallidissime cervina; capite, 

 palpis, antennis thoraceque antico nigricantibus; thorace albo; alls 

 fiiscia antemedia lata obliqua lineisque duabus exterioribus 

 angulosis albido marginatis linea, sul)marginali pallidiore diffusa 

 indistincta, puncto discoidali nigro; alls anticis fascia apud medium 

 dilatata chalyboeo suffusa, linea 1* exteriore postice nigra. 



Male. Very pale fawn colour, testaceous whitish beneath. 

 Head, palpi, antennae, and fore border of the thorax blackish. 

 Thorax white. Wings Avith a broad antemedial oblique fawn 

 coloured band, which has darker borders; two exterior zig-zag 

 fawn coloured lines, each of which is bordered with whitish on 

 the outer side; a paler indistinct diffuse submarginal line; mar- 

 ginal festoon brown; a black point in the disk. Fore wings with 

 the band much dilated in the middle on the outer side, partly 

 overspread with chalybeous; hind part of the 1st exterior line 

 black. Length of the body 7| lines; of the wings 19 lines. 



74. ScODiONA CEPHALOTES. Mas. Can a, fusco conspersa; palpis 

 porrectis subrostriformibus caput sat superantibus, articulo 3° 

 acuto minimo; thorace margine antico testaceo; tibiis jjosticis 

 subdilatatis; alls fasciis duabus fascis undulatis, fasciis duabus 

 exterioribus pallidioribus angulosis, fimbria alba, subtus flavis 

 nigrofusco bifasciatis; alis anticis fascia intermedia fusca undulata, 

 fasciis subtus duabus intermediis nigris. 



