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half the length of the second. Tegulse of the thorax chalybeous, 

 blackish towards the tips. Fore wings narrow, rounded at the tips, 

 testaceous-tinged, minutely black-speckled, with some blackish den- 

 tate partly ferruginous lines ; a very broad band near the base and 

 a large patch by the interior angle chalybeous-blackish, the latter 

 forming a submarginal band which includes a cinereous denticulated 

 line ; discal mark blackish, elongated, oblique ; marginal lunules 

 blackish. Hind wings aeneous-cinereous, very slightly hyaline. 

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



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



15. Gyrtona monilialis. 



Fcem. Ferrugineo-fusca, strenuali proximo, ; palpi longi, oblique 

 ascendentes, articulo 3o brevissimo ; alee anticce chalybceo 

 tinctce, lineis nonnullis fuscis denticulatis, lineis duabus e 

 punctis nigris cinereo marginatis, litura discali e strigula 

 obliqua cinerea punctisque tribus nigris, punctis marginalibus 

 nigricantibus elongatis ; posticce fuscce. 



Female. Ferruginous-brown, closely allied to G. strenualis. 

 Frontal tuft very prominent. Palpi obliquely ascending, full as 

 long as the breadth of the head, rising a little higher than the 

 vertex; third joint very short. Fore wings cbalybeous-tinged, with 

 several denticulated brown lines ; interior and exterior lines com- 

 posed of black cinereous-bordered points; discal mark consisting of 

 a little oblique cinereous streak and three black points ; marginal 

 points blackish, elongated. Hind wings brown. Length of the 

 body 4£ — 5 lines ; of the wings 9 — 10 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



16. Gyrtona spilalis. 



Fcern. Subferrugineo-cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes ; pedes 

 breviusculi ; alee antica angusta, subiridescenles, apice rotun- 

 data, lineis nonnullis ferrugineis subdenticulatis nigricante 

 punctatis, lituris duabus nigricantibus guttaque alba posticis ; 

 postica ceneo-fusca, fimbria pallide cinerea. 



Female. Cinereous, stout, with a ferruginous tinge. Proboscis 

 distinct. Palpi obliquely ascending, extending somewhat beyond 

 the head ; third joint conical, hardly one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Autennae smooth, slender. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs rather short and stout ; hind tibiae 



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