1178 CATALOGUE OF 



Egnasia CINGALENSIS. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi erecti, verticem longe superantes, 

 articulo So lanceolato ; alee lata, vix purpurascentes, lineis 

 tribus vagis angulosis lineaque marginali fuscis, fimbria cer- 

 vina, margine exteriore subangulato ; antica? striga diseali 

 nigricante, plaga subapicali fusca interrupta ; postica fascia 

 cervina antice abbreviata, puncto diseali nigricante. 



Female. Cinereous -brown, ochraceous -cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi erect, pubescent, rising much higher than the vertex ; third 

 joint lanceolate, a little more than half the length of the second. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth. 

 Wings broad, with a very slight purplish tinge, and with three irre- 

 gular zigzag brown lines ; marginal line brown ; fringe fawn-colour ; 

 exterior border festooned, slightly angular in the middle. Fore 

 wings acute, with a brown interrupted costal patch near the tip ; a 

 blackish streak in the disk, dilated at each end. Hind wings with 

 a blackish point in the disk; a fawn-coloured band between the 

 second and third lines, obsolete towards the costa. Length of the 

 body 4 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templcton. 



Egnasia albidalis. 



Mas. Albida, ochraceo pallido ex parte suffusa ; palpi graciles, 



verticem longe superantes, articulo So lineari gracillimo ; an- 



tennce setulosa ; aim lata, linea exteriore fusca duplicata, 



linea adhuc exteriore nigricante, angulosa, punctis submargin- 



alibus nigris ; anticce subfalcata?, punctis duobus discalibus 



nigricantibus, plaga basali fusca, margine exteriore angulato ; 



posticce puncto diseali nigricante, margine exteriore costam 



versus angulato. 



Male. Whitish, partly and slightly tinged with pale ochraceous, 



shining and pearly beneath. Palpi much longer than the breadth 



of the head and rising much higher than the vertex : second joint 



slender, squamous ; third linear, very slender, much shorter than 



the second. Antennae slender, setnlose. Abdomen extending a 



little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft very small. Legs long, 



smooth, slender; spurs very long and slender. Wings broad, with 



a blackish point in the disk, and with an exterior brown straight 



