68 CATALOGUE OF 



marginal points black, minute. Hind wings whitish, semihyaline. 

 Length of the body 4J lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ceram. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



54. Nephopteryx validella. 



JFcsm. Cinerea; palpi erecti, arcuati^ lanceolati; antennce ro- 

 bustce ; alee anticce rufescente subtinctce, apice subrotundatce, 

 lineis undulatis albido-cinereis, gutta discali elongata nigri- 

 cante, punctis marginalibus nigris. 



Female. Cinereous, moderately stout. Proboscis distinct. 

 Palpi smooth, vertical, curved, lanceolate, rising rather higher than 

 the head, to which they are applied ; third joint less than half the 

 length of the second. Antennae stout. Thorax smooth. Abdomen 

 extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, smooth; 

 hind tibiae with four long spurs. Fore wings slightly rounded at 

 the tips, with a reddish tinge, and with three undulating whitish 

 cinereous lines ; an oblong blackish discal dot between the first and 

 second lines ; marginal points black ; costa somewhat rounded ex- 

 teriorly ; exterior border convex, hardly oblique. Hind wings seim> 

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



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



55. Nephopteryx proximalis. 



Fcem. Rufescente-cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes ; alee anticce 

 ferrugineo varice, apice subrotundatce, lineis duabus subun- 

 dulatis pallide cinereis, punctis marginalibus nigris ; postica 

 pallide cinerece> semihyaline. 



Female. Reddish cinereous, rather stout. Proboscis obsolete. 

 Palpi robust, obliquely ascending, rising higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint conical, hardly one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Thorax smooth. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs thick, smooth ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips, partly overspread with 

 ferruginous, which hue is traversed by two pale cinereous slightly 

 undulating lines, one interior, the other towards the exterior bor- 

 der ; marginal points black ; exterior border convex, hardly oblique. 

 Hind wiugs pale cinereous, semihyaline. Length of the body 5 

 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. Iu Mr. Saunders' collection. 



