ENNOMIDJE. 397 



at the base, exterior margin hardly oblique, very slightly convex ; coll two-fifths the 

 length; first subcostal about two-fifths, second contiguous, quadrifid, sixth from 

 end of cell; discocellular very slender, outwardly-oblique; middle median near end, 

 lower at two-fifths : hindwing convex ; first subcostal close to end of cell, disco- 

 cellular extremely slender ; middle median close to end of cell, lower at one-third. 

 Body very stout; palpi ascending to level of vertex; rather narrow, third joint 

 cylindrical, nearly half length of second; antennaa setaceous; legs long, slender, 

 spurs long and slender. 

 ly^c, A. vexilliaria. 



ALANA VEXILLIARIA (Plate 193, Fig. 3,2). 

 Pachydia vexiUiai'ia, Guuuee, Phal. ii. p. 138 (1857),?; Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxiii. 



p. 1020. 

 Pachydia capitata, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxiii. p. 1019 (1861), 5 , 

 Alana 7-ubiginata, "Walker, id. xxxv. p. 1568 (1866), ?. 



Female. Dark ferruginous ; brownish basally and exteriorly ; crossed by 

 numerous darker brown strigse. Forewing crossed by three undulating darkei- 

 ferruginous lines, of which the outer is medial; a submargiual wavy brown line, and 

 a whitish-speckled subapical patch, some speckles partly extending down the sub- 

 marginal line ; the area between the medial and second line also slightly white 

 speckled : hindwing with a subbasal ferruginous line, and a waved discal brown 

 line ; marginal points on both wings whitish. Antennge, and vertex whitish. 



Expanse ? If inch. 



Note. — Male unknown (^ Eyperijtlira Biobearia, Walker). 



Genus SABARIA. 

 Sabaria, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxi. p. 492 (1860). 

 " Wings moderately broad : forewing slightly convex along the costa, rectangular 

 at the tips, exterior margin convex in the middle and slightly excavated on each 

 side : hindwing with the exterior border slightly emarginate, interior angle rather 

 prominent. Body moderately stout ; palpi very short, not extending to the front of 

 the head, third joint conical, about one-fourth length of the second ; antennae 

 moderately pectinated to three-fourths the tip; abdomen not extending beyond 

 hindwing; legs stout, bare, spurs long." 



SABARIA CONTRACTARIA. 



Sabaria contractaria, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxi. p. 492 (1860), <?. 

 " Male. Cinereous ; with a luteous tinge, which is most apparent on the under- 

 side : forewing irregularly covered with transverse pale brownish points and minute 



