LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 69 



56. Nephopteryx signifera. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo-cervina, robusta ; palpi ascendentes, arcuati, 

 articulo 3o lanceolato ; antenna subpubescentes, basi incras- 

 satce ; pedes validly tibiis posticis subfimbriatis ; alee antic<B 

 subacute, costa interiore albida, fascia exteriore lata pallide 

 cervina slrigam nigram arcuatam includente, linea submar- 

 ginali arcuata pallide cinerea, punctis marginalibus nigris, 

 costa interiore incrassata ; posticce pallide cinerea, subhyalina, 

 costa fuscescente. 

 Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour, stout. Palpi ascending, 

 curved over the front, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint 

 lanceolate, minute, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae minutely puhescent, incrassated at the base. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; 

 hind tibiae slightly fringed. Wings-elongate, rather narrow. Fore 

 wings slightly acute, whitish along the interior part of the costa ; a 

 broad pale fawn-coloured exterior band, which contains a curved 

 black discal streak ; submarginal line pale cinereous, curved out- 

 ward ; marginal points black ; interior part of the costa incrassated, 

 containing a tuft of long hairs ; exterior border slightly convex, 

 moderately oblique. Hind wings pale cinereous, slightly hyaline, 

 brownish along the costa. Length of the body b\ lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders* collection. 



67. Nephopteryx indecisa. 



Fcem. Pallide cinerea ; palpi erecti, subarcuati, verticem per- 

 paullo superantes, articulo So longi-conico ; alee anticce sub- 

 acute, nigro ex parte conspersae, extus ferruginece, linea media 

 nigra ; postica cinerea, subhyalina. 



Female. Pale cinereous, slightly brownish beneath. Palpi 

 erect, slightly curved, rising very little higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint elongate-conical, less than half the length of the second. 

 Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Wings elon- 

 gate, rather narrow. Fore wings slightly acute, mostly ferruginous 

 exteriorly, with a few black speckles towards the base, and with a 

 black transverse middle line ; exterior part with very few black 

 speckles ; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind 

 wings cinereous, slightly hyaline, with an aeneous tinge. Length 

 of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 1 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



