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tips rounded ; exterior border very oblique. Length of the body 4£ 

 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



52. Nephopteryx ? mundellalis. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea, sat gracilis ; fasciculus frontalis sub- 

 productus ,* proboscis nulla ; palpi robusti, oblique ascendentes, 

 verticem non superantes ; antenna basi incrassatce ; ala an- 

 ticce angustce, apice rotundatm, fascia media spatioque margi- 

 nal* fuscis lineas duas cinereas includentibus, punctis margi- 

 nalibus nigris ; posticce linea subtus fusca submarginali 

 indistincta. 



Male. Brownish cinereous, rather slender. Frontal tuft 

 slightly prominent. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi robust, obliquely 

 ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint extremely 

 minute. Antennae smooth, rather stout ; first and second joints 

 incrassated. Abdomen tapering, extending much beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft very small. Fore wings narrow, rounded at the 

 tips; middle band dark brown, including a cinereous angular line; 

 marginal space dark brown, enclosing the cinereous denticulated 

 submarginal line ; marginal points black. Hind wings shining ; 

 under side with an indistinct brown submarginal line. Length of 

 the body 5 Hues; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Australasia. 

 53. Nephopteryx mundalis. 



Foem. Fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi subarcuati, oblique ascendentes, 

 verticem non superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; ala anticm 

 angustce, apice subrotundatcz, lineis duabus e guttis quatuor 

 nigricantibus, linea submarginali cinerea subrecta 9 punctis 

 marginalibus nigris ; postica albida> 9 semihyalina. 



Female. Brownish cinereous. Palpi slightly curved, obliquely 

 ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, 

 more than half the length of the second. Abdomen tapering, ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings ; oviduct exserted. Fore 

 wings narrow, slightly rounded at the tips, with two transverse 

 lines, each of which is hardly visible, with the exception of two 

 diffuse blackish dots ; submarginal line cinereous, nearly straight ; 



