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white, broadly bordered with cinereous. Wings beneath with 

 a cinereous border. Length of the body 7j lines; expansion 

 of the fore wings 18 lines. Wady Genneh. 



10. Mamestraimmiscens. Female. — Hoarj^, rather slender, 

 white beneath. Palpi obliquely ascending, broadly fringed 

 beneath, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint obtuse, 

 very short. Abdomen whitish, extending very little beyond 

 the hind wings. Fore wings with numerous brown speckles 

 and with four irregular brown bands ; first band antemedial ; 

 second postmedial, deeply undulating ; third submarginal, 

 dentate ; fourth marginal ; uniform mark forming a very short 

 oblique brown streak. Hind wings whitish, with a broad 

 diffuse cinereous border. Wings beneath with a blackish 

 marginal band which is broadest at the tips of the fore wings. 

 Length of the body 7|- lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 19 lines. Closely allied to M. mixtura. Wady Genneh. 

 Mount Sinai. 



Gen. Cel^na, Stepli. 



11. Celccna intractaia. Female. — Ferruginous. Body 

 whitish beneath. Antennae smooth, slender. Abdomen cine- 

 reous, a little shorter than the interior border of the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth, slender ; spurs long and slender. 

 Fore wings with five white costal points, and with three 

 brown zigzag transverse lines; first line antemedial; second 

 postmedial, bordered with cinereous on the outer side ; third 

 submarginal ; fringe cinereous ; orbicular and reniform marks 

 indeterminate. Hind wings and under side of the fore wings 

 cinereous, without markings. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 12 lines. The specimen de- 

 scribed is without palpi. Harkeko. 



12. Celcena ? plagifera. Male. — Cinereous-brown, rather 

 stout. Palpi porrect, with a short fringe beneath, extending 

 rather beyond the head ; third joint elongate-conical, about 

 one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae minutely 

 setulose. Abdomen cinereous, extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings ; apical tuft short. Legs stout, femora slightly 

 fringed ; spurs long, stout. Fore wings with two undulating 

 transverse black lines, one antemedial, the other postmedial ; 

 a large black patch joining the inner side of the first line; 

 orbicular and reniform marks forming two large black ring- 

 lets ; reniform transversely elongated, contracted in the 



