1272 CATALOGUE OF 



lines. Hind wings dark cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 



Genus NIACCABA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi 

 laeves, graciles, subarcuati, oblique ascendentes, verticem non super- 

 antes ; articulus 3us parvus, longi-conicus. Antennae robustae, setu- 

 losae. Pedes glabri, sat robusti ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Ala? 

 anticae elongatae, margine exteriore subrectangulato; posticae mar- 

 gine exteriore subundulato. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi 

 smooth, slender, slightly curved, obliquely ascending, not rising so 

 high as the vertex; third joint elongate-conical, not more than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antennae stout, setulose. Legs 

 smooth, rather stout; spurs long, slender. Wings elongate. Fore 

 wings rectangular at the tips ; hind part of the exterior border form- 

 ing a nearly right angle with the fore part ; fourth inferior vein 

 very remote from the third. Hind wings with the exterior border 

 slightly undulating. 



NlACCABA SUMPTUALIS. 



Mas. Cinerea ; alee anticce basi subrufescentes, llnea recta obliqua 

 cervina, punctis costalibus et marginalibus fuscis ; posticce 

 rosece, basi cinerece, punctis submarginalibus albidis elongatis 

 semihyalinis. 



Male. Cinereous. Fore wings with a slight reddish tinge 

 near the base, and with a straight fawn-coloured line which extends 

 from somewhat beyond the middle of the costa to one-fourth of the 

 length of the interior border ; marginal points brown ; some brown 

 costal points. Hind wings rosy, mostly cinereous towards the base, 

 with a submarginal line, which is composed of elongated whitish 

 semihyaline points and an anterior elongated dot of the same hue. 

 Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings o lines. 



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



