656 CATALOGUE OF 



testaceous cinereous ; renirorm mark pale-bordered, very large. Hind 

 wings cupreous, cinereous towards the base ; fringe testaceous. 

 Female. — Antennae minutely pectinated ; apical third part bare. 

 Length of the body 7 — 8 lines; of the wings 16—18 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Heliophobus dissectus. 



Fcem. Ferrugineo-fuscus, subtus rufescens ; palpi subascendentes, 

 articulo So conico ; thorax nigro cinereoque conspersus ; ab- 

 domen cristatum, fuscescente-cinereum, oJas posticas longe 

 superans ; pedes dense pilosi ; alee anticce vents lineisque 

 quatuor flavescentibus, linea la basali, 2a duplicata subun- 

 dulata, Sa duplicata costam versus retracta, 4a vix undulata, 

 strigis tribus subcostalibus strigaque apicali jlavescentibus ; 

 postica cinereo-fuscce. 



Female. Ferruginous-brown, reddish beneath. Palpi pubes- 

 cent, slightly ascending, extending a Utile beyond the head; third 

 joint conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. 

 Thorax speckled with black and with cinereous ; fore tegulse bor- 

 dered with cinereous. Abdomen brownish cinereous, crested along 

 half the length from the base, extending much beyond the hind wings. 

 Femora ancl tibiae densely pilose ; tarsi setulose. Fore wings with 

 yellowish veins and with four transverse yellowish lines ; first line 

 very near the base; second double, slightly undulating; third 

 double, oblique, retracted towards the costa ; fourth oblique, hardly 

 undulating, connected with an oblique apical yellowish streak ; 

 three oblique yellowish streaks between the second and third lines 

 and in front of the median vein ; marginal lunules blackish ; fringe 

 interlined. Hind wings cinereous-brown ; under side with a brown 

 dot in the disk and with an exterior brown line. Length of the 

 body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus OXIRA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi porrecti, 

 pubescentes, caput superantes ; articulus 2us latus, apice obliquus ; 

 3us subclavaius, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae pectinatae. Ab- 

 dominis fasciculus apicalis longiusculus. Pedes validi ; femora 

 late fimbriata. Alae anticaa apice subquadratae, margine exteriore 

 subconvexo subobliquo. 



