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fore fork extending to the border at a little in front of the lip of the wing ; 

 veins mostly brown between the forks; a short black streak behind the 

 hind fork; another black streak near the base of the wing, extending 

 transversely from the subcostal vein to the black line ; costa much dilated. 

 Hind wings whitish, with testaceous veins. Length of the body 5| lines ; 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



Ceylon. 



Elidipteha punctigera. 



Pallide teslacea; vertex nigro nolatus, hicarinatus ; frons carinis tribus 

 subobsolelis ; prothorax guttis duabus anticis maculisque duabus 

 lateralibus nigris ; mesothorax hicarinatus, nigro quadrimaculalus ; 

 alcE anticce nigro conspersce, margine interiore basali tuberculalo, 

 venulis transversis exterioribus fuscis ; posticce albidcB. 



Pale testaceous. Vertex about twice broader than long, with two 

 slight keels and with a transverse middle ridge, convex in front, where 

 there is u black spot, and with two black marks on each side by the eye ; 

 front a little longer than broad, with three almost obsolete keels. Pro- 

 thorax four times broader than long, concave behind and more convex in 

 front, with two black dots in front, and with two black spots on each side. 

 Mesothorax with two slight keels, with two black spots on each side, the 

 hind spots triangular. Fore wings irregularly sprinkled with black points ; 

 basal half of the interior border with minute black tubercles; transverse 

 veinlets of the apical areolets brown; costa less dilated than in other 

 species of this genus. Hind wings whitish. Length of the body ;3| lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



Para. 



Elidipteba stabilis. 



Obscure fusca ; vertex transversus, depressus, conicus, margine vix elevato ; 

 frons plana, subquadrata ; prothorax transversus, brevis, stibarctt- 

 atiis ; mesothorax planus; alee antica fusca, guttis costalibus 

 nigru, lituris discalibus fuscis, costa basi valde dilatata ; posticce 

 pallide cinerece, margine lato obscuriore. 



Dark brown. Vertex flat, conical, about twice broader than long, the 

 border hardly elevated ; front flat, subquadrale, narrower towards the face, 



