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Abdomen alas posticas vix superans, dimidio basali piloso ; fascicu- 

 lus apicalis longiusculus. Pedes laeves, graciles ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus quatuor parvis. Alae antics longae, angustae, apice sub- 

 rectangulatae, margine exteriore subconvexo subobliquo ; posticae 

 latiusculae. 



Allied to Lithosia. Male. — Body slender. Proboscis mode- 

 rately long. Palpi porrect, stout, smooth, extending very little 

 beyond the head; third joint extremely short. Antennae stout, 

 setose. Thorax with two long tegulae, which extend beyond the 

 base of the abdomen. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind 

 wings, clothed with long hairs above for half the length from the 

 base ; apical tuft rather long. Legs smooth, slender ; hind tibiae 

 with four short spurs. Wings long. Fore wings narrow, obtusely 

 rectangular at the tips ; exterior border very slightly convex and 

 oblique. Hind wings rather broad. 



COSSA BASIGERA. 



Mas. Fusco-cinerea ; caput et thorax fusca ; palpi subtus rosei; 

 abdomen subtus pallide flavum ; pedes rosei ; alee anticce vitta 

 basali alba subcostali extus costali fusco ex parte marginata ; 

 postica pallide fiavi. 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Head and thorax brown. Pro- 

 boscis pale brown. Palpi rosy beneath. Abdomen beneath, apical 

 tuft and hind wings pale yellow. Legs rosy. Fore wings with a 

 white stripe, which extends along full half the length from the base, 

 and is subcostal and bordered with brown in front for full half its 

 length and thence costal and bordered with brown behind. Length 

 of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



Genus ETHOPIA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Frons pilosa, bene determinata. 

 Proboscis mediocris. Palpi ascendentes, brevissimi. Antennae 

 glabrae, thorace longiores; articulus lus longus, robustus. Abdo- 

 men alas posticas longe superans. Pedes validi, laeves ; tibiae pos- 

 ticae fimbriatae, calcaribus quatuor longis robustis. Alae longissimae ; 

 anticae vix acutae, costa vix convexa, margine exteriore subconvexo 

 perobliquo. 



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