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CATALOGUE OF 



ACIDALIA PROFANARIA. 



Mas. Pallide cervina; palpi porrecti, graciles, caput perpaullo 

 superantes, articulo So conico ; antenna pubescentes ; ala 

 fascia fusca lata media, linea submarginali pallida angulosa, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris minimis ; antioce linea antemedid 

 fuscescente undulata, puncto medio fusco ; posticce puncto 

 nigricante. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, smooth 

 slender, extending very little beyond the head ; third joint conical 

 Antennae pubescent. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft large. Legs smooth, slender; hind tibia? slightly 

 mcrassated. Wings with a broad brown middle band ; a pale°ziff- 

 zag submarginal line ; marginal points black, very minute. Fore 

 wings hardly acute; an antemedial undulating brownish line • a 

 brown point on the inner side of the band, which is twice nearly 

 interrupted ; exterior border straight, moderately oblique Hind 

 wings with a blackish point in the band. Length of the body 

 H lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



ACIDALIA PLATYLEUCATA. 



Foem. Cano-alba, cinereo conspersa ; caput nigricans, vertice 

 pallido; palpi fusci, porrecti, robusti, caput non superantes ; 

 ala latissimte, fasciis duabus cinereis, \a postmedia, 2a sub- 

 marginali, linea marginali fusca ; anticce fascia antemedia 

 cinerea. 



Female. Hoary white, minutely cinereous-speckled. Head 

 blackish, except the vertex. Palpi brown, stout, porrect, not ex- 

 tending beyond the head ; third joint extremely small. Abdomen 

 much shorter than the interior border of the'hind wings. Legs 

 smooth ; fore legs blackish above. Wings very broadf with two 

 cinereous bands ; first band postmedial ; second submarginal ; mar- 

 ginal line brown, very slender; fringe interlined with cinereous. 

 Fore wings acute, with an antemedial cinereous band ; exterior 

 border hardly convex, slightly oblique. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 17 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Kussell's collection. 



