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Genus DORANAGA. 



Forewing short, broad; costa almost sti'aight, apex acute, exterior margin 

 slightly oblique, convex, posterior margin convex ; cell half the length ; first sub- 

 costal at one-third before end of cell, second from the end, trifid, fifth also from the 

 end; discocellular slender, nearly erect, radials from near each end ; middle median 

 near end of cell, lower at two-fifths; submedian slightly recurved : hiiulwing short, 

 apex and exterior margin convex ; cell nearly half the length ; two subcostals from 

 end of cell; discocellular concave, radial from near lower end: two upper medians 

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

 rather stout ; thorax robust ; palpi long, slender, curved upward to above the vertex, 

 laxly squamous at the base, third joint elongate; antennjB bipectinated, the branches 

 very fine and ciliated ; legs smooth ; middle tibite with one pair and hind tibis with 

 two pairs of long slender neai^ly equal spurs. 



Type, D. apicalis. 



DORANAGA APICALIS (Plate 214, Fig. 7). 



Forewing purplish-brown ; crossed by a curved wavy antemedial brown line, and 

 a darker brown oblique straight line extending from the apex to middle of the posterior 

 margin ; a submarginal row of black-speckled points, a white spot at lower end of 

 the cell, a black dot at its upper end, and one at its base; a prominent white tri- 

 angular spot on the costa before the apex ; hindwing, and abdomen cinereous 

 ochreous-brown ; cilia ochreous. Thorax, head, fore and middle legs above purplish- 

 brown ; side of palpi and bands on forelegs blackish ; legs beneath cinereous-brown. 



Expanse to to 1 inch. 



Ceylon. 



From Mr. F. M. Mackwcod's collection. 



DORANAGA STRIATURA (Plate 214, Fig. 11). 



Male. Forewing lilacine brownish-ochreous, with numerous transverse in- 

 distinct delicate brown wavy continuous stri«, and a few black scattered scales about 

 the posterior area ; crossed by a short straight basal, an excurved antemedial, and a 

 recurved postmedial white-bordered brown line, each line terminating hindward 

 above the posterior margin ; two superposed black spots at end of the cell, the upper 

 one minute ; a submarginal series of black points, and an upper marginal row of 

 whitish points : hindwing ochreous-white, with broad brownish outer border; cilia 

 white. Thorax, head, palpi, and legs brownish-ochreous ; forelegs above, and tarsal 

 bands, dark brown. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Ceylon. " N. Matale ; November" (Machvood). 



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