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black edging- of the central band equal on both sides. Body- 

 dark smoky brown, almost black ; the anterior femora with 

 enormous development of woolly hair, their posterior and inte- 

 rior surfaces sordid buff-coloured. Expanse of wings 2 inches 

 6 lines. 



Therrnesiidje. 



53. Bitlriasa notigera, n. sp. (no. 923). 



Smoky brown : primaries with a minute white discocellular 

 crescent, two scarcely visible wavy parallel lines, of a slightly 

 darker hue than the ground-colour, just beyond the middle ; 

 external border limited by a similarly indistinct line ; both it 

 and the inner of the discal lines edged with white upon costal 

 area; subapical portion of the external border snow-white, 

 crossed by two zigzag brown lines, the outer of which is 

 marginal and only distinctly visible because of the white 

 fringe : secondaries with three indistinct lines, the innermost 

 limited by the discocellular lunule, which is white ; the second 

 just beyond the cell, dentate-sinuate and partly edged with 

 whitish ; the third limiting the external border, dentate- 

 sinuate and margined by white dots : anus with whitish tuft. 

 Under surface as above. Expanse of wings 1 inch 4 lines. 



54. Ca-pnodes curvipalpis, n. sp. (no. 926). 



Dark smoky brown, with a faint purplish reflection : wings 

 from the centre crossed by three partly white-edged irregularly 

 zigzag black lines ; a marginal series of subconfluent triangu- 

 lar black spots, followed by a whitish line at the base of the 

 fringe ; the latter grey, traversed by a brown stripe ; primaries 

 with a partly white-edged zigzag black line near the base, 

 discoidal spots small and buff-coloured. Wings below speckled 

 with white scales, markings as above ; tarsal joints white- 

 edged. Expanse of wings 1 inch 2 lines. 



Ennomidae. 

 55. Epione grata, n. sp. (no. 363). 



Pale golden brown ; a line from apex of primaries to middle 

 of abdominal margin of secondaries, the fringe, an angulated 

 line limiting the basal area of primaries, and an oblique sub- 

 apical costal dash ferruginous ; costal area of primaries and 

 the outer edge of the central line pearly greyish ; secondaries 

 with an arched grey discal line. Under surface bright yellow, 

 mottled with laky red ; external area clouded with pink and 

 lilac and limited internally by an arched, slightly sinuatcd 



