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medial nearly straight, not oblique ; second postmedial, slightly 

 undulating and oblique. Fore wings acute ; reniform mark cupreous- 

 bordered, rather narrow, contiguous to the second line ; under side 

 purplish, except along the interior border. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a — c. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



SCOPULA ? NIGEIFASCIALIS. 



Fcem. Cinerea, robusta ; frons subproducta; palpi fuscescentes, 

 robusti, pubescentes, porrecti, subtus pallidi, capitis latitudine 

 breviores, articulo So lanceolato parvo ; abdomen alas posticas 

 longissime stiperans,fasciculo apicali parvo ; ala> anticce elon- 

 gatce, fasciis duabus nigricante-cinereis, 2a subangulata nigro 

 marginata strigam alb am inclu.dente, punctis submarginalibus 

 nigricantibus a/bo marginatis ; posticce linea submarginali 

 fimbriaque albidis. 



Male. Cinereous, stout. Front prominent. Palpi porrect, 

 stout, pubescent, brownish on the outer side, longer than the breadth 

 of the head; third joint lanceolate, about one-fourth of the length 

 of the second. Maxillary palpi not more than half the length of the 

 labial palpi. Antennas setulose. Abdomen extending very much 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small. Legs smooth ; anterior 

 tibiae blackish above ; tarsi with blackish bands. Fore wings elon- 

 gate, acute, with two blackish cinereous bands ; first band near the 

 base ; second postmedial, black-bordered, slightly angular, containing 

 a transverse white streak ; submarginal points blackish, white- 

 bordered on the inner side ; exterior border slightly convex, very 

 oblique. Hind wings with a submarginal whitish line ; fringe 

 whitish. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a, Deccan. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



SCOPULA ? SUBJECTALIS. 



Mas. Cuprea ; palpi porrecti, graciles, rostriformes, capitis lati- 

 tudine vix breviores, articulo 3o lanceolato ; abdomen argenteo- 

 cinereum, alas posticas longe superans ; alee anticce sat angustce, 

 vix acuta, fascia lata albida maculam cupream subcostalem 

 includente, strigis duabus fuscis subapicalibus, linea submar- 

 ginali albida ; posticce albce, cupreo late marginatce. 



