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greyisli-ochreous or whitish scales, which arc most distinct along the veins in some 

 specimens ; crossed by an indistinct basal, subbasal, and discal denticulated black 

 lines, which are more or less distinctly bordered with greyish-ochreous or whitish 

 scales, the discal line with lengthened speckled points ; a similar submarginal broader 

 line, and a marginal row of black points ; orbicular and rcniform marks defined by 

 blackish bordered greyish-ochreous dots, the orbicular indistinct : hindwing pale 

 brown ; cinereous at the base ; cilia whitish-cinereous. Body dark brown ; palpi 

 ochreous-white, black speckled ; legs whitish with black bands. 



Expanse 1^ to If inch. 



Larva smooth, pale green, anal segment conical ; with a dorsal and lateral series 

 of purple-brown blotches dotted with white, and a sublateral row of white dots. 

 Pupa greenish, with reddish segmental bands. 



" Feeds on Acanthads." [Br. Thivaites.) 



Family CARADRINID^. 



Imago of rather small size : forewings roof-shaped in repose. Larva short and 

 thick, Avith short stiff hairs ; feeds on low plants. Pupa in a subterranean cocoon. 



{St a into II.) 



Genus AMYNA. 

 Annjna, Guenee, Noct. i. p. 233 (1852) ; Walker, Catal. Lcp. Het. B. M. x. p. 299. 



Forewing broad, triangular, acuminated at the apex, cell narrow, extending to 

 nearly two-thirds the wing ; first subcostal emitted at one-half and second at one- 

 eighth before end of the cell, fifth from end of the cell and touching third midway 

 between its base and the fourth at a short distance beyond the cell ; discocellular 

 concave in the middle, radials from upper end and near lower end ; middle median 

 from close to end of the cell, lower at about two-fifths before the end ; submedian 

 slightly curved : hindwing large, broad ; costal and subcostal joined together at their 

 base ; cell broad, not extending to half the wing ; two subcostals from end of the 

 cell ; discocellular recurved, radial from below the middle ; two upper medians from 

 end of the cell, lower at one-fourth ; submedian and internal vein straight. Body 

 slender, abdomen long and attenuated in male ; palpi porrect, laterally broad, 

 squamose, second joint rectangular, third short, lanceolate ; antenna long, slender, 

 setose ; legs long, femora fringed beneath, spurs long. 



