SAECOPTERON.— DUNIRA. 115 



lines ; a rouiul hyaline mark at middle of cell, and an invcited-eomma-shaped mark beyond tlic 

 discoeellulars, with dark outline. IJind winj^ «itli a triangular dark-outlined hyaline mark 

 at end of cell ; a nearly straight dark postmcdial line. 



THERMESIIN/E. 



SARCOPTERON, g. n. 

 Female. Antennaj minutely ciliated. Palpi long and porrect, the terminal part oi; the 

 second joint thickly scaled, the third joint naked. Fore wing with the costa arched; a costal 

 nervure; the first subcostal given off at half the length of cell; the second anastomoses 

 strongly with the third and fourth ; the fifth from the end of the accessory cell ; the upper 

 radial from just below the upper angle of cell; the lower radial and second and third medians 

 from close to the lower angle ; the first median from before the end ; the submedian nearly 

 straight. Hind wing with the outer margin strongly angled at the median nervules ; the 

 costal free from sxibcostal ; the two subcostals from the upper angle of the cell ; the radial 

 from near the lower angle ; the second and third medians on a very short footstalk ; the first 

 median from before the end; submedian and internal nervures. 



Allied to Dunirn, Moore ; the wings more augulated, and the second subcostal of fore 

 wing anastomosing strongly with the fifth. 



Sarcopteron pnuctimargo. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 22.) 



Expanse 1,'^- inch. 



Female. Fore wing flesh-colour; a black speck near the base; an indistinct subbasal 

 angled red line ; a black spot at the middle of cell ; a difi'used medial waved black band ; 

 two black spots at the end of the cell ; a diffused black patch from the costa to lower radial; 

 a series of black marginal spots. Hind wing flesh-coloured, the costal area paler ; a series 

 of black marginal spots. Underside paler; the costal area of fore wing sufi'uscd with black; 

 hind wing with conspicuous black cell-spot and indistinct postmedial red line ; both wings 

 with black marginal spots. 



Dunira nisalis, IVIk. (Plate CLXVI. fig. IG.) 

 Hypena nisalis, Wll-. Cat. xix. p. 845. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Head and thoi-ax pale reddish brown, irrorated with crimson scales ; abdomen yellowish 

 brown suffused with ferruginous red. Fore wing pale reddish brown, the basal area irrorated 

 with crimson scales, the outer area with dark scales ; somewhat indistinct crenulate ante- 

 medial, medial, postmedial, and submarginal ferruginous lines, the area between the two latter 

 darker ; a highly crenulate marginal dark line. Hind wing reddish ochreous ; a black speck 



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