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of the forewing on the underside broadly grey, while my specimen 

 has the inner margin thus coloured. In other respects the description 

 of H. avesta agrees. 

 Described from a single example in my collection. 



Genus CRETEUS, nov. 



Male. Fokewing, triangular ; costa very straight, slightly emar- 

 ginate in the middle ; apex acute ; outer margin at first almost at 

 right-angles to the costa, then straight and inwardly oblique ; inner ■ 

 angle rounded ; inner margin straight and equal in length to the outer 

 margin ; costal nervure ending on the costa about opposite to the apex 

 of the discoidal cell ; first subcostal nervule arising twice as far from 

 the second as the second arises from the third ; third and fourth sub- 

 costals arising close together, the latter ending at the apex of the 

 wing ; subcostal nervure as usual ending on the outer margin posterior 

 to the apex of the wing ; discoidal cell narrow, less than two-thirds the 

 length of the costa ; upper disco-cellular nervule stout (it is really the 

 basal portion of the upper discoidal nervule), strongly outwardly 

 oblique; middle and lower disco-cellulars very straight, in one 

 straight line, strongly inwardly oblique, the middle one half as long 

 again as the lower ; second median nervule arising long before the 

 lower end of the cell ; first median nervule arising nearer to the lower 

 end of the cell than to the base of the wing, bearing a " male-mark" 

 which consists of its second and third fifths counting from the 

 base of the wing being distinctly thickened or swollen ; submedian 

 nervure nearly straight, slightly curved forwards in the middle. 

 Hindwing, abdominal margin heavily fringed with long hair-like 

 scales ; costa strongly arched at base, then slightly curved only to the 

 apex ; apex rounded ; outer margin rounded, but emarginate slightly 

 about the termination of the first median nervule ; beyond this emar- 

 gination the outer margin towards the anal angle has the appearance 

 of being somewhat produced lobe-like ; anal angle rounded ; abdominal 

 margin a little convex ; costal nervure a little curved only, ending at 

 the apex of the wing ; first subcostal nervule arising well before the 

 apex of the cell ; discoidal cell broad, reaching to the middle of the 

 wing ; disco-cellular nervules short, nearly straight (slightly sinuous 

 only), slightly outwardly oblique ; discoidal nervule wanting ; median 



