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Genus Drepanepteryx, Leach. 

 Drepanepteryx falculo'ides. 



J'cern. — Fulva, prothorace sub-quadrato, antennis corporis di- 

 midio vix longioribus, alis anticis sub-falcatis cinereo-variis, 

 costa basi dilatata, margine exteriore inciso, lineis duabus 

 obliquis exterioribus e punctis nigricantibus, alts posticis 

 vitreis vix cinerascentibus. 



Female. — Tawny : head ahnost concealed by the prothorax, 

 which is sub-quadrate ; antennae rather stout, very little more than 

 half the length of the body; wings rather narrow; veins testa- 

 ceous ; fore-wings minutely varied with cinereous, sub-falcate, 

 with two slightly concave notches on the exterior border, which is 

 very oblique ; costal space abruptly dilated at the base, and with 

 two rows of areolets, much narrower exteriorly ; discal veins 

 very numerous ; two exterior oblique lines of blackish points ; 

 hind-wings vitreous, hardly cinereous except along the costa; 

 discal veins kw ; costal space narrow. 



Length of the body 3\ lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



Hindostan. 



Genus Hemerobius, Linn. 



Hemerobius decisus. 



Fcem. — Pallide luteus, capite litura vertical! punctisque duobus 

 lateralibus nigris, antennis fulvis, thorace nigricante, alis ci- 

 nereis, anticis nigricante-cinereo vaiiis, strigis duabus dis- 

 calibus obliquis nigricantibus, guttis marginalibus pallidis. 



Female. — ^Pale luteous : head with a black mark on the vertex, 

 and with a black point on each side ; antennae tawny, rather short 

 and stout; thorax blackish; abdomen somewhat darker along 

 each side ; wings cinereous ; fore-wings thickly varied with black- 

 ish cinereous ; borders with pale dots, which are largest along the 

 costa; costal space very broad towards the base; two oblique 

 blackish streaks in the disk ; veins black, very numerous in the 

 disk, where there are two transverse slightly oblique lines of 

 veinlets ; hind-wings a little darker along the costa, where the 

 veinlets are very numerous. 



Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



Hindostan. 



