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inferior vein as near to the third as to the first ; third more than 

 eight times further from the fourth than from the second. 



Allied to Cispia, from which it differs in the structure of the 

 palpi. 



PlDA APICALJS. 



Mas. Pallide cinerea, subtus flavescente-alba ; caput et thorax 

 paltide cervina ; palpi ochracei, supra nigri ; pectus ochra- 

 ceum ; alee, antica? flavo et nigricante squamosa, fascia obliqua 

 nigricante, spado apicali fiavo lineam albam transversam 

 undulatam includente ; posticce pallide flava. 



Male, Pale cinereous, yellowish white beneath. Head and 

 thorax pale fawn-colour. Palpi ochraceous, black above. Pectus 

 ochraceous. Fore wings with numerous yellow and blackish brown 

 scales, the latter confluent towards the tips and forming an oblique 

 band, which borders ihe yellow apical part and is parily traversed 

 by an undulating transverse white line. Hind wings pale yellow. 

 Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



a. Darjeeling. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Genus ICAMBOSIDA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi 

 porrecti, pilosi, caput vix superantes ; articulus 3us conicus, mini- 

 mus. Antennae breviusculae, subpectinatae. Abdomen pilis longis 

 vestitum, alas posticas non superans ; fasciculus apicalis elongatus. 

 Pedes breves, graciles, fiinbriati ; calcaria brevissima. Alae sub* 

 vestita?, subhyalinae; autiese elongata?, sat angustae, apicerotundatse, 

 margine exteriore perobliquo. 



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

 pilose, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint conical, not 

 more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae rather 

 short, slightly pectinated. Abdomen clothed with long hairs, not 

 extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft elongate. Legs 

 short, slender, fringed ; spurs very short. Wings thinly clothed, 

 very slightly hyaline. Fore wings elongate, rather narrow, rounded 

 at the tips; exterior border very oblique; first and second inferior 

 veins connected at the base; third about six times further from the 

 fourth than from the second. 



Allied to Lalia, from which it differs in the structure of the 

 antenna and in the long hairs of the abdomen. 



