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upper surface at some distance from tlie extreme edge ; cell extending to one-lialf 

 the wing, narrow ; first subcostal emitted at one-fourth before end of the cell, second 

 quadrifid, the third, fourth, and fifth on a foot-stalk one-fifth from below base of 

 second beyond end of the cell ; discocellular inwardly oblique, short ; three median 

 branches emitted together at one-third before end of the cell ; submedian recurved 

 downward : hindwing short, broad, quadrate, frenulum long and slender ; costa 

 short ; exterior margin deeply excavated below the apex ; a fringe of very long fine 

 silky hairs along the costal edge ; no costal vein visible ; cell very broad at end ; 

 first subcostal emitted immediately before end of the cell and extending to apex, 

 second extending to middle of the excavation ; discocellular very slender, curved 

 outward, radial near the upper end ; middle median from angle below end of the cell, 

 bifid at two- thirds beyond its base, lower at one-third before end of the cell; sub- 

 median, and internal vein straight. Body short, thorax stout, anal segment tufted ; 

 palpi very slender, porrect, projecting slightly beyond the head ; proboscis moderate; 

 antennjB minutely bipectinated. Female : forewing not folded over on the costal 

 margin : hindwing extending to posterior angle of forewing, not excavated below 

 the apex j no cpstal fringe. 



PADENIA TEANSVERSA (Plate 103, Fig. 1, $ ). 



Cyllene transversa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 544 (1854). 

 Lithosia lifasciata, Felder, Eeise Novara, Lep. iv. pi. 106, fig. 11 (1870). 



Creamy-white : forewing with a transverse antemedial and a waved obHque 



postmedial purple-black band. Thorax with a blackish spot on each tegula, and a 



scutellate spot on the middle ; antennae, palpi, and legs yellow. 



Expanse ttj to -nr inch. 



Genus GARUDINIA, 

 Form of wings in male and female and the venation as in Padenia : forewing of 

 male with a glandular patch of hairy scales in middle of the cell on the underside : 

 hindwing with a depressed patch on the costal border on the upperside. 



GAEUDINIA LATANA (Plate 103, Fig. 2, ^). 

 Tospitis latana, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. xxviii. p. 427 (1863). 



Creamy- white : forewing with a broad purple-black lower subbasal short con- 

 stricted band, and an oblique subapical entire band, the outer border of the latter 

 undulated : hindwing tinged with a pale brown apical border, 



Expanse i^ to tu- inch, 



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