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Male. Very pale fawn-colour above and beneath. Wings 

 without any markings. Fore wings with very numerous whitish 

 hairs. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



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



Genus GAEGETTA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi squa- 

 mosi, robusti, obtusi, oblique ascendentes; articulus 3us brevis- 

 simus. Antennae longae, pectinatae, apice glabrae. Abdomen 

 longum ; fasciculus apicalis parvus, subcompressus. Pedes longi, 

 graciles ; tibiae anticae breves, subtus sulcatae et subfasciculatae ; 

 posteriores fimbriatae ; posticae quadricalcaratae. Alae longissimae ; 

 anticae angustae, apice subrotundatae ; posticae marginis exterioris 

 dimidio antico subexcavato. 



Male, Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 squamous, stout, obtuse, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as 

 the vertex ; third joint extremely short. Antennae long, moderately 

 pectinated, smooth towards the tips. Abdomeu long, slightly 

 tapering, extending somewhat beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 small, slightly compressed. Legs long, slender; fore tibiae short, 

 furrowed and slightly tufted beneath ; posterior tibiae fringed ; hind 

 tibiae with four long slender spurs. Wings very long. Fore wings 

 narrow, slightly rounded at the tips; costa hardly convex; exterior 

 border slightly convex, rather oblique hindward. Hind wings 

 rather broad ; exterior border very slightly excavated along the fore 

 half. 



Gargetta costigera. 



Mas. Cervina ; alee anticce nigricante subnebulosce, strigulis 

 subcostalibus nigris, striga discali atra, linea exteriore nigra 

 flexa denticulata, linea submarginali albida angulosa, linea 

 marginali nigra ; poslicce linea marginali fusca. 



Male. Fawn-colour, mostly cinereous beneath. Abdomen and 

 hind wings slightly paler fawn-colour. Fore wings slightly shaded 

 here and there with blackish ; a few short slender black subcostal 

 streaks ; a short slender deep black streak in the discal areolet ; an 

 exterior black bent denticulated line and a whitish indistinct zigzag 

 submarginal line ; marginal line black. Hind wings with a brown 

 marginal line. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 



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



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