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jlifvish ochroous tiiij^ed witli brown ; a browiiisli-wliite patch on 

 L'osta from beyond middle to apex -where it narrows to a point, 

 defined lelow by bhick-brown suffusion arising in end of cell belorc 

 the f-mall trianp:nl:ir -whitish rciiitorni stif;mn, the costa and veins 

 on this patcli iamtly streaked with lirown : subbasal line rt'iiresented 

 by double dark striae from costa and cell : an indistinct double ante- 

 medial line, oblique from cosia to median nervure ; an indistinct 

 very oblique dentate lino from lower ansile of cell to inner margin ; 

 three indistinct minutely dentate oblique ])0!>t medial lines Irom 



Fi.'. 122.— Sjjfic// a cqucci/ is, S. \. 



vein 5 to inner margin with daik points on the veins ; faint traces 

 of a pale subterminal line defined on each side by slight dark 

 marks; a terminal series of slight black lunules defined on inner 

 side by whitish ; cilia brown mixed with ochreous white. Hind 

 ■wing uniform greyish bro-wn ; the underside ochreous white tinged 

 -with brown, a small discoidal spot, two indistinct -waved postmedial 

 lines, and a terminal series of small black lunules. 



5 . I'ore wing more uniformly suffused with brown. 



Ah. 1. hiocellafa. Head, thorax, and abdomen much darker in 

 both sexes; fore Aving nearly uniform dnik brown except the costal 

 patch, the i)ostmcdial lines reduced to black ])oints or jiale .streaks 

 on the veins; hind wing black-brown. 



Hah. Bombay (Ldth), 1 5 type hiocelhita ; Ceylon, Kandy 

 (Temph'ton, Mathvood). 1 J, 2 j ^vpe ; 13am (Doherti/), 1 d . 

 Exp. S 40, $ 50- GO millim. 



Genus AECHANAEA. 



Tvpe. 



-4/f/<a«flra, Wlk. XXXV. 17.'57 (18fi6) polila. 



Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi ptirrect, exteiidin"; to extremity of tlie long 

 triangular corneous frontal pn cess, bidd at extieniity and concealed in iiair ; i 

 eyes large, round ; antenna? of male niiimtely serrale and t'Hsciculate ; thorax I 

 clothed witli liair and hair-like scales and witliont distinct crests; tibije 

 moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rougli iiair at base and 

 slight basal crest. Fore wing with the apex .•iomewliat produced and acute, 

 the t«rinen obliquely curved and slightly crenwlate; veins 3 and .") from near 

 angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; it from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form 

 file arcole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 8, 4 from angle of cell; 5 

 obsolescent from just below middle of discocelhdars, 6, 7 from upper angle ; | 

 8 anast()mofii:g with the cell nrai- base only. I 



