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Genus 14. ESCHATA. 



Corpus sat validum. Caput antice conicum. Proboscis brevis. 

 Palpi porrecti, lanceolati, caput superantes ; articulus 3us acumina- 

 tus, 2i quadrante brevior. Antennae simplices, sat validae, corporis 

 dimidio paullo breviores. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. 

 Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticse calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae 

 mediocriter latns ; anticae argenteae, vix falcatae, costa vix convexa, 

 inargine exteriore vix obliquo. 



Body moderately stout. Head conical in front. Proboscis 

 short. Palpi porrect, lanceolate, extending somewhat beyond the 

 head; third joint acuminated, less than one-fourth of the length of 

 the second. Antennae simple, rather stout, a little less than half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen extending for one-fourth of its 

 length beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout ; hind tibiae with 

 four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings silvery, 

 hardly convex in front, very indistinctly falcate, almost rectangular 

 at the tips ; exterior border hardly oblique ; fourth inferior vein 

 nearer than usual to the third. 



1. ESCHATA GELIDA. 



Alba; alee anticce argentece, apud margines nigro conspersce, lineis 

 duabus testaceis transversis exterioribus undulatis. Var. (3. 

 Corpus pallide cervinum ; alee anticce apud discum cervince et 

 subauratce, ciliis auratis. 



White. Fore wings silvery, speckled with black along the ex- 

 terior border and towards the tip of the costa, with two testaceous 

 transverse exterior undulating lines, the inner one much retracted 

 in front and ending at the middle of the costa ; ciliae slightly 

 gilded hindward. Var. /3. Body pale fawn-colour. Fore wings 

 with the disk mostly fawn-colour, and slightly gilded ; cilice brightly 

 gilded. Length of the body 5^ — 6^- lines; of the wings 12 — 14 

 lines. 



a, b. Silhet. From the Kev. J. Stainforth's collection. 

 c. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Genus CHASMINA. 



This genus, included in the Synopsis with the Leucanidce, 

 appears to be nearer allied to the Glottulidce, and is therefore trans- 

 ferred to that family. 



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