260 CATALOGUE OF 



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Thyris?? asiuformis. 



Cinerea ; thorax antice cinerascens ; antennce apice albce ; aim 

 anticce eroso dentata, fascia media lata obscuriore, puncto 

 nigro ; posticce rubra, margine nigro ; subtus virescentes fas- 

 cia alba. 



Sphinx asiliformis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 357, 7. 



Hindostan? 



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Genus TIN^GERIA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis hrevissima. Palpi graciles, arcuati, 

 ascendentes, thorace non breviores. Antenna? setaeeae, graciles, 

 subpilosae, corpore fere longiores. Abdomen lineare, gracile, apice 

 non fasciculatum. Pedes graciles ; tibise posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 longis. Alae perangustae ; posticae limpidae. 



Body slender. Proboscis very short. Palpi slender, curved, 

 ascending, as long as the thorax; third joint very slender. An- 

 tennae setaceous, slender, slightly pilose, full as long as the body. 

 Abdomen linear, sessile, not tufted at the tip. Legs slender; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings very narrow. Hind wings 

 mostly limpid. 



This genus seems to conuect the Tineites with the JEgeriida. 



1. TlN^GERIA OCHRACEA. 



Ochracea, subtus argentea ; caput nigro -cyaneum ; antenna nigra, 

 apices versus albce ; thoracis disco et abdomen apice nigrum ; 

 ala antica nigra, basi fasciaque subapicali ochraceis ; posticce 

 limpidae, apud costam ochracea, apice nigricantes. 



Ochraceous, silvery beneath. Head dark blue. Disk of the 

 thorax and tip of the abdomen black. Fore wings black, ochraceous 

 towards the base, and with an ochraceous subapical band. Length 

 of the body 1\ lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a, b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection, 



