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tinated. Legs slender ; spurs long. Fore wings slightly rounded 

 at the tips, with.a brown streak on the eosta at the base, and with a 

 short oblique band of black speckles extending from the areolet to 

 the middle of the interior border. Length of the body 8 lines ; of 

 the wings 20 lines. 



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

 Genus POLOMA, C. L. H. iv. 858. 



POLOMA OBTUSA. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; caput et pectus antice nigricantia ; palpi por- 

 recti, supra nigricantes, caput non superanies ; antenna, alba, 

 late pectinata, ramis nigris ; pedes brevissimi, pilosissimi ; ala 

 antica lineis duabus obliquis nigricantibus, 2a guttulari; 

 postica lutea. 



Male. Ferruginous, stout. Head blackish iu front. Palpi 

 porrect, stout, blackish above, not extending beyond the head; third 

 joint extremely short. Antennae white, broadly pectinated ; branches 

 black. Pectus blackish in front. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs very short and pilose. Wings densely 

 clothed, especially towards the base. Fore wings rounded at the 

 tips, with two blackish oblique lines ; first line extending from one- 

 third of the length of the interior border nearly to the middle of the 

 costa; second composed of dots, extending from two-thirds of the 

 length of the interior border to the fore end of the costa ; exterior 

 border very convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings luteous ; interior 

 border with a long fringe. Length of the body 10 lines; of the 

 wings 24 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Genus LOPERA, C. L. H. iv. 919. 



LOPERA GAUDENS. 



Mas. Ochracea ; caput et thorax pilosissima ; palpi brevissimi ; 

 antenna latissime pectinatce ; abdomen nigricans, basi ochra- 

 ceum ; pedes fimbrfati ; ala antica apice subrotundata, lineis 

 tribus albis transversis undulatis, atomis nonnullis nigris. 



Male. Ochraceous. Head and thorax very pilose. Proboscis 

 obsolete. Palpi very short, not extending beyond the head. An- 

 tennae very broadly pectinated ; branches black, minutely setulose. 



