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Female, Cinereous-reddish, very stout, more cinereous be- 

 neath. Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex; 

 second joint slightly curved ; third lanceolate, much shorter and 

 more slender than the second. Antennae stout. Wings elongate, 

 rather narrow ; abroad blackish band near the base, bordered on 

 the outer side by an undulating whitish line; marginal space darker 

 reddish and tinged with hoary in the fore wings, hoary in the hind 

 wings, divided from the middle part by an undulating whitish line. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips; middle part with a blackish discal 

 point, and with three whitish costal points. Hind wings with some 

 blackish submarginal marks, which successively increase in size 

 hindward. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



46. Myelois Ligeralis. 



Mas. Cana, robusta ; palpi oblique as cen denies, verticem non 

 superantes, articulo 2o robusto subarcuato, 3o longi-conico ; 

 antenna? robusta, articulis \o et 2o dilatatis, 2o inciso ; pedes 

 femoribus tibiisque latis ; ala antica vix acuta, fusco sub- 

 nebulosa, niyro subconspersa, lineis duabus nigris undulatis 

 non obliquis, punctis marginalibus nigris elongatis ; postica 

 albida, iridescentes, semihyalince. 



Male. Hoary, stout. Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising 

 higher than the vertex ; second joint stout, slightly curved ; third 

 elongate-conical, much more slender than the second, and not 

 more than half its length. Antennae very stout; first and second 

 joints dilated ; second joint notched. Abdomen extending very 

 little beyond the hind wings ; apical appendages large. Legs stout; 

 femora and tibiae broad. Fore wings hardly acute, slightly clouded 

 with brown, thinly black-speckled ; middle and submarginal lines 

 black, undulating, not oblique ; marginal points black, elongated; 

 exterior border very slightly oblique. Hind wings whitish, irides- 

 cent, semihyaline. Length of the body 4£ lines ; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



47. Myelois ? Marsyusalis. 



Mas. Fusca ; palpi ascendentes, supra verticem arcuati, articulo 

 3o lanceolato ; antenna pubescentes ; ala? anticce apice ro- 

 tundata, linea media tesiacea subundulata, punctis submar- 

 ginalibus testaceis, margine exteriore vix obliquo. 



