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Fawn-colour. Thorax with a ferruginous middle line, and 

 with two transverse and two oblique ferruginous streaks. Abdomen 

 with a dorsal brown line. Fore wings with ten various transverse 

 brown lines, and with a brown discal streak ; eighth line extremely 

 undulating, and half enclosing a small dark brown posterior spot. 

 Hind wings ferruginous, pale fawn-colour, and with two dark brown 

 spots about the interior angle. Length of the body 16 lines; of the 

 wings 36 lines. 



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



b, c. Silhet. From Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



d. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's collection. 

 e, /. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 g. Ceylon. From the Rev. J. Wenham's collection. 

 h. Silhet? From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 L ? 



Var. p. Foam- Cinereo-fuscus ; caput vitta subobscuriore ; tho- 

 rax vitta obscure ferrugineo-fusca ; ala> subtus apud angulum 

 interiorem rufescentes ; anticce lineis nonnullis tramversis 

 undulosis margineque exteriore fuscis, guttis duabus apud an- 

 gulum interiorem nigricantibus ; posticce apud marginem ex- 

 teriorem rufo-fuscce, maculis duabus apud angulum interiorem 

 ferrugineo-fuscis. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, rather pale. Head with a slighter 

 darker stripe. Antennae whitish. Thorax with a dark ferruginous 

 brown stripe. Wings reddish beneath about the interior angle ; 

 ciliae white between the veins. Fore wings with several undulating 

 brown transverse lines, brown about the exterior border, and with 

 two blackish dots near the end of the interior border. Hind wings 

 reddish, brown along the exterior border, and with two ferruginous- 

 brown spots by the interior angle. Length of the body 15 lines ; of 

 the wings 40 lines. 



a. Shanghai, North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



Group 3. 



Proboscis distincta, brevissima. Palpi breves, validi. Antennae 

 thorace multo longiores. Abdomen thorace plus duplo longius. 

 Pedes validi, sat longi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor mediocriter 

 longis. Alae longae, sat angustae ; anticae vix acuminata?, apud cos- 

 tam rectae, margine exteriore perobliquo; posticae apice rotundatae 

 subtruncatae, non dilatatae. Mas. — Antennae subpectinatae. Alarum 



