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black lines near the base, including a green band between them ; a 

 blackish sometimes irregular stripe, which touches the hind border 

 of the reniform mark, the latter forms two short transverse black 

 streaks. Hind wings with two blackish green spots between the 

 lines ; one near the interior angle, larger than the other. Length of 

 the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Tempieton. 

 h. Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 



E PHY R ODES CRISTIFERA. 



Fceui. Alhida, nigricante conspersa ; caput fuscescens, albo tri- 

 fasciatum ; palpi oblique ascendentes, capitis latiludine multo 

 longiores y articulo So Long o linear i; thorax cristatus ; alee mar- 

 gine exteriore subdentato ; anticce vix acutce, lineis indistinctis 

 subundulatis pallide fuscescentibus, striga apud angulum 

 interiorem e maculis tribus nigricantibus albo inter lineatis , 

 gutta costali nigricante, reniformi fusco submarginata ; 

 posticce lineis duabus pallide fuscescentibus valde indis- 

 tinctis. 



Male. Whitish, thinly and minutely blackish-speckled. Head 

 brownish, with three interrupted white bands. Palpi pubescent, 

 obliquely ascending, very much longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint linear, rather shorter than the second. Thorax with a 

 very high crest, which is slightly inclined forward. Legs smooth. 

 Wings with the exterior border festooned. Fore wings hardly 

 acute, with some pale brownish indistinct slightly undulating lines ; 

 a transverse blackish streak near the interior angle formed by three 

 spots, which are intersected by a white line ; a blackish dot on the 

 costa at one- fourth of the length from the base ; reniform mark a 

 little darker than the ground hue, incompletely bordered with brown. 

 Hind wings with two very indistinct lines ; under side with two 

 brown lines, of which the first is denticulated, and the second 

 is zigzag ; a transverse black mark nearer the base. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Tempieton. 



Ephyrodes postica. 



Foem. Cinereo-fwica, robusta ; pedes validi, subfimbriati, calcari- 

 bus albo bifasciatis ; alee lineis duabus nigricantibus obliquis 



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