96 CATALOGUE OF 



border slightly excavated in front; fringe cinereous. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Var. Fore wings with the brown, chalybeous and ochraceous 

 markings obliterated. 

 a> b. , ? 



13. GYRTONA STRENUAL1S. 



Fcem. Fusca, robusta ; fasciculus frontalis productus ; palpi 

 porrecti, sat validi, caput paullo superantes, articulo 3o longi- 

 conico ; thorax nigro bifasciatus, postice testaceo-cinereas ; 

 abdomen alas poslicas paullo swperans ; alee anticce cinereo, 

 nigro conspersm, apice subrotundatce, spatio costali nigricante- 

 cinereo, spatio basali testaceo-cinereo, spatio marginali fusco 

 interlineato, lineis quinque punctularibus nigris, fascia nigri- 

 cante-cinereo ; posticm basi cinerece. 



Female. Brown, stout, brownish cinereous beneath. Frontal 

 tuft prominent. Palpi porrect, rather stout, extending a little 

 beyond the bead ; third joint elongate-conical, about one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Antennae slender. Thorax testaceous- 

 cinereous except in front, with two black bands. Abdomen ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings narrow, 

 cinereous, black-speckled, slightly rounded at the tips; costal space 

 blackish cinereous ; marginal space brown, interlined with cinereous ; 

 basal part testaceous-cinereous; five slight irregular black lines, 

 mostly composed of points; second and third lines including a 

 blackish cinereous band. Hind wings cinereous towards the base. 

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



a — c. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



14. Gyrtona thoracia. 



Fcem. Cana, crassa ; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem non 

 super antes, articulo So longi-conico ; thoracis tegulce apice 

 chalybao nigricantes ; ala anticce angustce, testaceo cana, 

 nigro conspersce, apice rotundatce, lineis nonnullis dentatis 

 nigricantibus aut ferrugineis, fascia interiore latissima 

 plagaque apud unguium interiorem chalybeo -nigricantibus, 

 linea submarginali denticulata cinerea, litura discali obliqua 

 lunulisque marginalibus nigricantibus ; posticce mneo-cinerem, 

 vix hyaline. 



Female. Hoary, very robust. Pa^i obliquely ascending, not 

 rising higher than the vertex ; third joint elongate-conical, less than 



