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subcostal emitted at nearly one-lialf before end of the cell, second fi'om close to tlie 

 end, trifid, fiftli from end of the cell and slightly touching the third close to its base; 

 discocellular concave in middle, bent near the ends, radials from the angles ; middle 

 median from close to end of the cell, lower at one-third ; submcdian curved : 

 hindwing rather broad, convex externally ; cell nearly half the length ; two 

 subcostals from end of the cell; discocellular concave, radial from lower end; 

 two upper medians from end of the cell, lower at two-fifths ; submedian and 

 internal vein straight. Body moderately stout ; abdomen smooth ; palpi much 

 curved, smoothly squamose, second joint ascending to level of vertex, third joint 

 nearly as long as the second, lanceolate, very acute at the tip, its upper edge 

 with a few fine hairs ; antennse of male increasing in thickness from the base 

 to near the middle, where it is incrassated and bent, thence to the tip slender, 

 pubescent, and with two bristles on eacli joint, the incrassated portion being also 

 slightly tufted above ; anteunge simple in female ; legs stout, fore tibife in male 

 robust, villose, tufted ; fore tarsi short; middle and hind legs laxly squamose, spurs 

 long. 



NOD ARIA CINGALA. 



Male. Forewing dark violaceous greyish-brown ; crossed by an indistinct black 

 zigzag antemedial line and a recurved postmedial denticulated line, followed by a 

 submarginal denticulated line with greyish- white points ; an indistinct black reniform 

 mark : hindwing pale brownish-white, with faint traces of a transverse brownish 

 discal fascia and marginal border. Thorax, head, palpi, antennte, and legs dark 

 greyish-brown ; abdomen paler ; a radiating tuft of ochreous-white hairs on fore 

 tibige. 



Expanse |- inch. 



A smaller insect than N. externalis. Differs also in its shorter forewing, and in 

 the colour of the hindwing. 



Genus AGINNA. 

 Aginna, Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilet. B. M. xxxiii. p. 1022 (1865),^ . 



Forewing elongated, moderately broad ; cell extending to half the length ; first 

 subcostal emitted at one-half befoi'e end of the cell, second immediately before end 

 of the cell, trifid, fifth from end of the cell, free ; discocellular extremely slender, 

 concave, radials from the ends ; middle median from near end of the cell, lower at 

 two-fifths ; submedian recurved from the base : hindwing rather broad, costa some- 

 what long, exterior margin slightly angular beyond the middle ; two subcostals from 

 end of the cell ; discocellular extremely slender, radial from lower end ; two upper 

 medians from end of cell, lower at two-fifths before the end ; submedian and internal 

 vein wide apart. Body moderately stout, anal tuft compressed ; palpi curved upward 



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