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hind tibiae with very short apical spurs. Wings elongate, delicate, 

 slightly hyaline, moderately broad. Fore wings slightly rouuded at 

 the tips; exterior border convex, rather oblique. Hind wings 

 extending beyond the abdomen. 



Allied to Procodeca, from which it may be distinguished by 

 the slightly pectinated antennae. 



ECHLIDA SUBJECTA. 



Mas. Alba; caput antice Jiavescens ; palpi nigri, subtus cinerei ; 

 abdomen sublutescens, basi albo pilosum, maculis dorsalibus 

 transversis guttisque lateralibus nigris ; pedes antici nigricante 

 varii ; alee macula discali fusca, fascia submarginali pal- 

 lidiore valde interrupta. 



Male, Wbite. Head pale yellow in front. Palpi black, 

 cinereous beneath. Antennae with black branches. Abdomen with 

 a slight luteous tinge, clothed with long white hairs towards the 

 base, adorned with transverse black dorsal spots, and with a row of 

 black dots along each side; under side with two lateral rows of 

 black dots. Fore legs partly blackish above. Wings with a brown 

 spot at the end of the discal areolet, and with a paler brown sub- 

 marginal much interrupted band. Length of the body 5 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



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



Genus SIT VI A. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi validi, pube- 

 scentes, applicati ; verticem non superantes, artictilo 3o minimo. 

 Antennae late pectinatae. Abdominis fasciculus apicalis parvus. 

 Pedes laeves, breviusculi; tibiae antic* incrassata?, fasciculatae ; 

 posticae calcaribus quatuor elongatis. Alae amplae; anticae apice 

 subrotundatae, margine exteriore subrecto; posticae abdomen longe 

 superantes. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi stout, pubescent, 

 applied to the head, rising as high as the vertex; third joint 

 extremely minute. Antennae broadly pectinated. Abdomen with a 

 small apical tuft. Legs smooth, rather short; fore tibiae iucrassated 

 and furnished with a long tuft; hind tibiae with four long slender 

 spurs. Wings very ample. Fore wings slightly rounded at the 

 tips; exterior border nearly straight, moderately oblique; second 

 inferior vein more than thrice further from the third than from the 



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