30 CATALOGUE OF 



Ceylon. 



17. ACEOBASIS 1NFICITA. 



Mas et fcem. Pallide straminea, palpi verticem paullo super antes ; 

 alee anticce angustce, apice rotundatce, fuscescente-cinereo ne- 

 bulosce, linea submarginali pallida denliculata ; postiea palli- 

 diores, subhyalince. 

 Male and female. Pale dull straw-colour. Palpi ascending a 

 little higher than the vertex ; third joint conical in the male, longer 

 and lanceolate in the female. Abdomen exteuding rather beyond 

 the hind wings. Fore wings narrow, rounded at the tips, mostly 

 clouded with brownish cinereous ; submarginal line pale, denticu- 

 lated. Hind wings paler, slightly hyaline. Length of the body 

 3— Si lines ; of the wings 8— 9% lines. 

 a, 5. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Borneo. 



18. AcROBASIS DEROGATELLA. 



Foem. Cinereo-cervina ; palpi lanceolati, suberecti, caput super- 

 antes ; tibiae fimbriate ; alee punctis marginalibus nigricanti- 

 bus albo marginatis, 2a diffusa strigam emittente, guttis dua- 

 bus costalibus nigris albo marginatis t fimbria nigricante 

 strigata ; postica fusco suffusce. 



Female. Cinereous fawn-colour, stout. Proboscis robust. 

 Palpi lanceolate, nearly vertical, rising much higher than the head ; 

 third joint very acute, full one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae smooth, very slender. Abdomen hardly extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs rather long and stout ; tibiae fringed ; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings with marginal blackish points. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips, with two irregular dentate blackish 

 Hues ; first line broadly bordered on the outer side with white ; 

 second line diffuse, slightly bordered with white, emitting a diffuse 

 streak in front ; two black white-bordered dots near the costa be- 

 tween the two lines ; fringe with blackish streaks : exterior border 

 very oblique ; under side broadly bordered with brown. Hind 

 wings overspread with brown. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 15 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



