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margiual waved lines, the postiiicdial excurvcd at middle, and witli white lunulate marks ou 

 it; two conspicuous superposed black spots in the end of the cell. Hind wing with two 

 similar black spots in the cell ; medial, postmedial, and submarginal waved lines, the post- 

 medial with white luuules, and a conspicuous white patch on the inner margin ; both wings 

 with a series of marginal black specks. Underside fuscous : fore wing with some white striga; 

 on the costa towards the apex ; both wings with a lunulc at the end of cell and a waved post- 

 medial line. Head and collar black; abdomen with the terminal segments palc-ringcd. 



Male. Allied to Pasira, Moore. Antenna; with fascicles of cilia on slight prominences. 

 Palpi recurved ; the second joint not so much thickened or so heavily scaled ; the third joint 

 short but visible. Venation similar to Pasira, except that in the fore wing the second sub- 

 costal is given off from the first. 



Tathodelta purpurascens. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 15.) 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Male nm[ Feinale. Fore wing dull brown with a pnriilisli tingt;; indistinct anteniedial 

 and postmedial lines, the latter cxcurved round the end of cell ; two superposed black specks 

 at the end of cell ; a scries of black marginal specks. Hind wing fuscous. Underside : 

 fore wing fuscous with obsolescent postmedial line; hind wing with cell-spot and obsolescent 

 postmedial and submarginal lines ; a series of black marginal specks. 



Male. With elongated abdomen and ochreous anal tufts. 



LOPHOCRASPEDON, g. u. 



Male. Antenna' annulatcd and minutely ciliated. Palpi recurved, the first joint clothed 

 with long scales, the second joint with a terminal tuft ou the inside, the third joint scaled on 

 the outside. Head with the vertex thickly clothed with scales. Abdomen long and slight. 

 Fore wing with tufts of scales on the inner margin and at middle and outer angle ; a costal 

 nervure ; the first subcostal from before the end of the cell; the second trifid ; the fifth and 

 upper radial from the end of the cell, which is open ; the lower radial and third median from 

 the lower end ; the second and first medians at intervals before the end ; the submedian 

 straight. Hind wing with the costal free throughout its length ; the subcostals stalked ; the 

 radial from below the middle of the discocellulars ; two medians from the end of the cell, 

 the first from before the end ; submedian and internal nervures. 



Lophocraspedon cristatum. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. I.) 

 Expanse | inch. 

 Male. Head pale ochreous; thorax brighter; abdomen greyer, darker towards the 



