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shining, with brown marginal points. Length of the body 4 lines; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 

 Australia. 



6. Trachonitis OPPOS1TALIS. 



Mas. Nigricante-cinerea ; palpi robusti, verticem superantes, 

 articuio So conico minimo ; antenna robustce, basi dilatatce ; 

 abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; ala, anticm vix acuta, 

 plagis duabus discalibus canis, striga exteriore costali cervina, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris ; postica cinereae. 



Male. Blackish cinereous. Palpi robust, rising much higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint conical, hardly one-sixth of the length 

 of the second. Antennae robust, dilated towards the base. Abdo- 

 men cinereous, extending much beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 wings narrow, hardly acute, with two hoary discal patches, cine- 

 reous with a slight fawn-coloured tinge hindward, and with an ex- 

 terior costal streak of the same hue ; marginal points black, distinct ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings cine- 

 reous, with a slight aeneous tinge. Length of the body 5 lines ; of 

 the wings 10 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



7. Trachonitis sublignalis. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; palpi robusti, erecti, verticem 

 longe superantes, articuio So conico minimo ; abdomen alas 

 posticas longe superans; ala anticce apice rotundaice, striga 

 exteriore obliqua diffusa, punctis apud strigam punctisgue 

 marginalibus nigris ; posticm aneo subtincta. 



Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour, rather slender. Palpi 

 erect, stout, rising much higher than the vertex ; third joint conical, 

 hardly one-eighth of the length of the second. Antenna? stout, 

 dilated towards the base. Abdomen extending much beyond the 

 hind wings ; apical tuft rather long. Wings narrow ; fringe long, 

 pale cinereous, interlined near the base. Fore wings rounded at 

 the tips, with a diffuse darker streak, which extends from beyond 

 the middle of the exterior border to the tip, and is accompanied by 

 a few black points j marginal points black, distinct; exterior border 



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