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slender, ohliquely ascending, not rising luglier than tlie vertex; 

 3rd joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the 2nd. Antenna 

 slender. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs rather stout; spurs long, slender. Wings moderately broad. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips; exterior border rounded, its hind 

 part very oblique; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd inferior veins approximate 

 at the base; 4th remote. 



31. Petrinia lignosa. Fuem. Cervina, subtus cinerea, thorace 

 fusco-trifasciato, alis anticis margine costali fasciis duabus angu- 

 losis lineaque submarginali fracta atro marginata pallide testaceis, 

 fascia 1° informi apud medium dilatata, 2° lineam angulatam 

 emittente, atomis non nullis subcostalibus guttaque discoidali 

 atris; alis posticis cinereo-fuscis. 



Female. Fawn colour, cinereous beneath. Thorax with three 

 dark brown bands. Fore wings pale testaceous along the costa 

 at the l)ase, and with two pale testaceous zig-zag bands; 1st band 

 antemedial, very irregular, dilated in the middle; 2nd postmedial, 

 emitting from its inner side an angular line Avliich proceeds 

 towards the costa; a submarginal dislocated pale testaceous line 

 irregularly bordered with deep black; a testaceous marginal 

 festoon; some deep black subcostal speckles, and a deep black 

 discoidal dot. Hind wings cinereous brown; fringe pale cinereous. 

 Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 1 6 lines. 



32. AfJROTis HEJIILEUCA. Mas. Fusca, subtus sordide alba; 

 palpis robustis perparum ascendentibus caput superantibus, arti- 

 culo 2° extus nigricante, 3° conico; antennis sat late pectinatis 

 apice simplicibus; thorace nigro unifasciato; abdomine sordide 

 albo alas posticas sat superante fasciculo apicali fulvo; alis anticis 

 lineis tril)us nigris transversis angulosis, fiiscia diifusa striga 

 longitudinali interrupta guttiscpie marginalibus nigricantibus, 

 orbiculari et reniformi nigro marginatis; alis posticis niveis. 



Male. Ferruginous brown, dingy white beneath. Palpi stout, 

 very slightly ascending, extending somewhat beyond the head; 

 2nd joint l)lackish on the outer side; 3rd conical, not more than 

 one-fourth of the length of the 2ud. Antenme rather broadly 

 pectinated, except near the tips. Thorax with a black band on 

 the fore tegulog. Abdomen dingy white, extending rather beyond 

 the hind wings; apical tuft tawny. Legs brown; tips of the 



