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Genus 9. DANDACA. 



Fccm. Corpus robustum. Proboscis medioeritev louga. Palpi 

 validi, ascendentes ; arliculus 3us minimus. AntenDS graciles, 

 simplices, corpore vix breviores. Thorax squaraosiis. Abdomen 

 alas postieas non superans. Pedes mediocriler validi ; tibite pos- 

 ticsB calearibus qualuor longis. Alas mediocriter lals ; anticae 

 apud costam reclse, apice augulatffi, margiue exteriore subdenlicu- 

 lato subobliquo vix convexo. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis moderately lonj^. Palpi 

 stout, ascending ; third joint very minute. Antennae slender, 

 simple, nearly as long as the body. Thorax squamose. Abdomen 

 extending as far as the hind wings. Legs moderately stout; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, angular at the tips, hardly convex and very 

 slightly oblique along the exterior border, which is slightly denti- 

 culate ; first, second and third inferior veins nearly contiguous at 

 the base ; third rather remote. 



1. Daxdaca Columba. 



Foera. Pallide glauco-viridis ; caput et thorax anticiis fusca, tes- 

 taceo varia ; abdomen iridesceate-cinereum ; alee anticce fas- 

 cia, maculis costalibus punctisque ferrugineo-fuscis, fascia 

 extei'iore e maculis tiigris, disco ex parte semihi/alino ; pos- 

 ticcefusccB, disco basali hyalino. 



Female. Pale glaucous-green. Head and fore part of the 

 thorax brown and testaceous. Abdomen, except at the base, irides- 

 cent-cinereous. Fore wings with a ferruginous-brown band before 

 the middle, and with speckles and costal spots of the same hue ; 

 also with an imperfect oblique exterior band of black spots ; part 

 of the disk semihyaline. Hind wings brown, hyaline in the disk 

 towards the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 

 lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. James' collection. 



Genus 10. EUDIPNA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Palpi breves. Antennee simplices, cor- 

 poris dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas postieas non superans. 

 Alae laiiusculce ; anticae apud costam subrectae, apice rotundatae, 

 margine exteriore sat obliquo. 



Acolasis, p., Il'dbn. Verz. Schmett. 256. 



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