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interior border almost straight ; areolets not very nuinerons, partly irre- 

 f>iihir; scapular vein and exlerno-medial connected, the latter eniittinw 

 before half the length a slii,^htly undulating branch, which is forked. Hind 

 whigs ample, relieulaled at the tips. 3Ia(e. — Supra-anal lamina broad. 

 Cerci curved, thicker and VFith a lanceolate appendage near their lips, 

 which are excavated and ohliqiiely truncated. Subgenital lamina slender, 

 very long, furcate at the lip. Female. — Cerci setose, straight, lanceolate. 

 Oviduct extremely short, serrated above. 



1. MOLPA BfLISEOLATA. 



Mas et foem. Tesiacea ; anlennarum arikuli ^us el 2us nigra lineati; 

 alee antiae nigra glameraliin conspersce ; aice pasliccc diaj)kana;, apice 

 tesiacea:. 



Male and female. Testaceous. First joint of the anlennte striped 

 will) black above; second black at the base. Fore wings with several 

 small clusters of black points. Hind wings pelhicid, with a testaceous 

 apical patch; veins white. Length of the body 11 — 12 lines ; expansion 

 of the fore wings 32 — 34 lines. 

 a, h. Ceylon. From Dr. Thwaites' collection. 



Genus DEBROXA. 



Foem. Corpus gvacile, la;ve. Caput nitens; vertex carinulis duabns 

 anticis obliquis antice approxiinatis; froiisfere plana, inter antennas conica 

 disco concavo. Oculi eiliptici, vakie prominuli. Palpi niaxilia'es graciles ; 

 articulns 5us subclavatus, 4o plus duplo longior. Antennae loiig^, graciles. 

 I'rothorax sellalus; discus postice planus et ialescens; margo amicus sub- 

 concavus; iobi laterales et margo posticus rotund;iti. Mesosteruum et 

 metasternum subincisa. Cerci incurvi, lanceolali. Oviductus brevissimus, 

 supra subtusque serrulatus. Pedes longi, graciles, spiuulosi; femora 

 postica glabra, alis anticis sat breviora. A!a3 anticae sat angusta?, apice 

 iruncatse, costa subrolundata, margine interiore recto apicem versus rotun- 

 dato. Al3B poslicaB longiores, apud apices reticulatae. 



Female. Body slender, smooth. Head shining, as broad as the fore 

 border of the prothorax ; vertex in front with two short separate keels 

 which diverge hindward and are there with the intervening breadth a little 

 narrower than the first joint of the antennaj; front nearly flat, conical and 

 with a slightly excavated disk between the sockets of the antennae. Eyes 

 elliptical, very prominent. Palpi slender; fourth joint of the maxillary 

 more than half the length of the third, less than half the length of the filth, 

 which is subclavate. Antenna? long, slender. Prothorax somewhat saddle- 

 shaped, with a slight impressed longitudinal line, which in the hind part is 

 slightly elevated, and with three slight transverse impressed lines, of which 

 the first is interrupted and the middle one is deeply angular ; hind part flat 

 and widened; fore border slightly excavated ; lateral lobes and hind border 

 rounded. Mesosteinum and metasternum slightly notched. Cerci curved, 

 lanceolate. Oviduct curved, very short, minutely serrated above and 

 beneath towards the tip. Legs long, slender ; spines minute ; four anterior 

 femora with one row of spines; hind femora unarmed, incrassated towards 

 the base, about five-sevenths of the length of the fore wings ; tibiae with 



