64 CATALOGUE OW 



45. Nephopteryx meridionals. 



Mas. Rufescente-cinerea ; caput albidum ; antenna* valida, se- 

 tulosa, pubescentes ; abdomen alas posticus superans ; alee an- 

 ticce nigro subconspersa?, apice subrotundatce, lineis exteriore 

 et submarginali nigris, la valde abbreviata, 2a undulata, linea 

 adhvc exteriore fusca denticulata, litura discali informi, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris ; posticce cinerea, linea marginali 

 fusca. 



Male. Keddish cinereous. Head whitish. Antennae stout, 

 minutely setulose and pubescent. Abdomen extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Fore wings moderately broad, thinly black-speckled, 

 slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior and submarginal lines black, 

 the first extending from the costa nearly to the middle, the second 

 undulating, with a brown denticulated line on the outer side; dis- 

 cal mark composed of a few diffuse brown and black points, close to 

 the inner side of the exterior line ; marginal points black ; exterior 

 border slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings cinereous, slightly 

 hyaline ; marginal line brown ; fringe interlined with brown near 

 the base. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clark's collection. 



46. Nephopteeyx? Etolusalis. 



Fcem. Fusca ; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem vix superantes, 

 articulo So conico longiusculo ; abdomen alas posticas sat su- 

 perans ; pedes robusti ; alee anticce angustce, apice rotundat& y 

 lineis e punctis nigris pallido marginatis, plaga postica albido- 

 cinerea, reniformi subquadrata pallido marginata ; postica 

 fuscescen te-cinerece. 



Female. Brown, brownish cinereous beneath. Palpi obliquely 

 ascending, hardly rising above the vertex ; third joint acutely coni- 

 cal, less than half the length of the second. Abdomen cinereous, 

 extending some distance beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; 

 spurs very long. Fore wings narrow, rounded at the tips, extremely 

 oblique along the exterior border ; lines indistinct and incomplete, 

 represented by black pale-bordered points ; a subquadrate whitish 

 cinereous patch extending from the interior border to the reniform 

 mark, which has a pale incomplete subquadrate border. Hind 

 wings brownish cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



