830 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Pale fawn-colour, whitish beneath. Palpi slightly 

 incumbent ; third joint forming a very obtuse angle with the 

 second. Antennae moderately long. Thorax with long tegulae. 

 Fore wings blackish along the exterior border; fringe pale. Hind 

 wings cinereous, pale brownish along the exterior border. Length 

 of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6J lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



3. DOSARA IMMERITALIS. 



Mas. Pallide straminea, gracilis, subtus alba ; fasciculus frontalis 

 porrectus, acuminatus ; palpi incumbentes, longiusculi, arti- 

 culo So lanceolato ; antennce breviuscula? ; abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas paullo superans, apice quadratum ; ala angustce, nitentes, 

 lituris nullis ; anticce acuta ; posticce albidm. 



Male. Pale straw-colour, slender, white beneath. Frontal 

 tuft porrect, acuminated. Palpi incumbent, rather long; third 

 joint lanceolate, very acute, as long as the second. Antennae rather 

 short. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings; some- 

 what tumid towards the tip, which is quadrate. Wings narrow, 

 shining, without markings. Fore wings acute. Hind wings 

 whitish. Length of the body 2 \ Hues ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 5. DAVANA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi breves, 

 ascendentes, longi-securiformes; articulus 2us dilatatus ; 3us coni- 

 cus, acutus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Palpi maxillares distincti, as- 

 cendentes. Antennae moniliformes, corpore non breviores. Abdo- 

 men alas posticus non superans. Pedes graciles, glabri. Alae sub- 

 quadratae ; anticae acutae, margine exteriore vix obliquo. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis very short. Palpi short, as- 

 cending, elongate-securiform ; second joint dilated ; third acutely- 

 conical, about half the length of the second. Maxillary palpi dis- 

 tinct, ascending. Antennae moniliform, as long as the body. Ab- 

 domen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender, smooth. 

 Wings subquadrate, moderately broad. Fore wings acute; exte- 

 rior border hardly oblique. 



