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58. Nephopteryx? rudisella. 



F(Em. Cinerea, ferrugineo varia ; alee anticce subelongata, vix 

 acutce, nigro conspersce, fascia media pallidiore subangulata, 

 margine exteriore rotundato subobliquo ; posticce fuscce, apud 

 costam interiorem pallide cinerece. 



Female, Cinereous, varied with ferruginous. Wings slightly 

 elongated. Fore wings hardly acute, irregularly speckled with 

 black, with a broad paler slightly angular middle band ; the 

 speckles are mostly along the borders of this band or along the ex- 

 terior border ; exterior border slightly oblique, slightly protuberant 

 in the middle. Hind wings brown, pale cinereous along the basal 

 half of the costa. Length of the body 3J lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



The specimen here described is so mutilated that its generic 

 characters cannot be well ascertained. It may form a new genus. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Australia. 



59. Nephopteryx patulalis. 



Fcera. Ferruginea ; palpi porrecli, vix ascendentes, caput super- 

 antes, articulo 2o piloso, So lineari ; antenna? basi robusta* ; 

 al& antica latiuscula, apice rotundata, cano varia, punctis 

 duobus discalibus nigricantibus, punctis marginalibus nigris ; 

 postica cinerea* 



Female. Ferruginous. Palpi porrect, hardly ascending, extend- 

 ing somewhat beyond the head ; second joint stout, pilose ; third 

 linear, full half the length of the second. Antennae stout at the base. 

 Abdomen cinereous, extending rather beyond the hind wings. Wings 

 rather broad ; fringe broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips, irre- 

 gularly varied with hoary ; two blackish discal points ; marginal 

 points black, distinct ; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 13 lines. 



o. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



Genus 23. PExMPELIA. 

 Pempelia, Hb. 



