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19. AcROBASIS INDUCTALIS. 



Fcem. Cervina ; palpi robusti,erecti, arcnati, vprticem superantes ; 

 tibia posticce apice fasciculate ; alee punclis marginalibus 

 fuscis indistinctis ; anticce apice rectangulata, fascia ferru- 

 ginea, lineis duabus angulosis pallide cinereis ; posticce 

 cinerece, subhyalince. 



Female. Fawn-coloured, stout. Proboscis short. Palpi verti- 

 cal, curved, stout, compressed, rising much above the head ; third 

 joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 smooth. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs short, stout ; hind tibiae with four long spurs, and with a com- 

 pressed apical tuft. Wings stout, with indistinct brown marginal 

 points ; fringe long. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, with two 

 pale cinereous zigzag lines ; first line interior ; second submarginal ; 

 a ferruginous band along the outer side of the first line ; costa 

 slightly convex; exterior border oblique hindward. Hind wings 

 cinereous, slightly hyaline, with a hardly perceptible fawn-coloured 

 tinge. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Australia. 



20. ACBOBASIS FUNEREA. 



Mas. Atra, subtus nigricante-cinerea, proboscis rufescens, basi 

 nigra; palpi erecti, arete applicati, articulo 3o minimo ; alee 

 postica albido-cinerea, semihyalina?, nigricante marginata. 



Male. Deep black, under side and abdomen blackish cine- 

 reous. Proboscis pale red, black at the base. Palpi stout, erect, 

 rising a little higher than the head, to wbich they are closely 

 applied; third joint very minute. Antennae smooth, rather stout. 

 Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft 

 small. Wings rather broad, with a pale cinereous marginal 

 line. Fore wings hardly acute ; exterior border hardly convex, 

 moderately oblique. Hind wings whitish cinereous, semihyaline, 

 diffusedly blackish about the exterior border. Length of the body 

 4 — 5 lines; of the wings 11 — 13 lines. 



a, 6. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



