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12. Urapteeyx Columbicola. 



Mas. Pallide purpurascente-cinerea ; palpi porrecti, caput su- 

 perantes, articulo 3o parvo ; antenna setulosce ; pedes fusco 

 conspersi, tibiis posticis tumidis ; alee strigulis transversis in- 

 distinctis fuscescente-cinereis, puncto discali nigricante, fascia 

 subtus submarginali interrupta vaga nigricante, fimbria alba ; 

 anticcB subfalcatce, plaga discali exteriore informi flava semi- 

 hyalina, costa valde convexa, margine exteriore recto sat 

 obliquo, macula subtus nigra ; posticce abdomen longe su- 

 perantes, caudis acutis fusco alboque notatis. 



Male. Pale dove-coloured cinereous, whitish beneath. Palpi 

 porrect, extending somewhat beyond the head ; third joint conical, 

 about one-fourth of the length of the second. Joints of the 

 antennae with tufts of hairs on each side. Legs speckled with 

 brown ; hind tibise somewhat tumid. Wings with minute and in- 

 distinct transverse brownish cinereous streaks ; discal point blackish ; 

 under side with a very irregular and incomplete submarginal 

 blackish band ; fringe white. Fore wings subfalcate, with an ex- 

 terior discal irregular yellow semihyaline patch, which has a small 

 spot of the same hue near its fore end ; costa very convex ; exterior 

 border quite straight, rather oblique ; under side with a black spot 

 near the middle of the interior border. Hind wings extending very 

 far beyond the abdomen, with a diffuse fawn-coloured tinge about 

 the middle of the exterior border ; tail acute, distinctly formed, 

 having a little brown white-bordered streak on its hind side. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Hindostan ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



A larger specimen of this species with the vitreous mark in the 

 fore wings more developed and of a different shape is in the col- 

 lection of Mr. Saunders, and was taken by Mr. Wallace at Sarawak, 

 Borneo. 



Group 2. 



13. Urapteryx Peesicaeia. 



Urapteryx Persicaria, Menetr. Cat JRais. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 182, 

 1434. Guen. Phal. i. 32, 6. 



Caucasus. Sarepta. 



