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2. MoCA? DENTILINEA. 



Fcem. Viridescens, fusco conspersa ; palpi ochracei, articulo 2o 

 arcuato, 'do longo lanceoluto ; abdomen cnpreo-cincreum ; al& 

 cupreo tinctce ; antica lineis tribus viridibus dentatis, litura 

 discali albida ; poaticce fuscce. 



Female. Greenish, thickly speckled with brown, brownish ci- 

 nereous beneath. Palpi dull ochraceous, rising higher than the 

 vertex ; second joint curved ; third lanceolate, almost as long as 

 the second. Abdomen cinereous, with a cupreous tinge. Wings 

 rather broad, tinged with cupreous ; fringe brown, with a cinereous 

 basal line. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; brown speckles partly 

 confluent ; three deeply dentate green lines ; a whitish discal mark 

 between the first and secoud lines ; costu and exterior border slightly 

 convex, the latter rather oblique. Hind wings brown. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders* collection. 



Genus 51. ORTHAGA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis bene determinata. Palpi 

 erecti, lanceolati, verticem superantes ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i 

 dimidio brevior. Antennae pubescentes. Thorax squamosus. Ab- 

 domen longi-conicum. Pedes robusti ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor longissimis. Alae anticae squamosae, apice rotundatae. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis distinct. Palpi erect, lanceo- 

 late, applied to the head, rising somewhat higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint lanceolate, rather less than half the length of ihe second. 

 Antennae pubescent. Thorax squamous. Abdomen elongate-conical. 

 Legs stout; hind tibiae with four very long spurs. Fore wings 

 squamous, moderately broad, rounded at the tips. 



Type O. acontialis. 



This genus is placed with the Deltoidites in the B. M. List 

 Lep. Het. Pt. 16, p. 191. 



The tribe above mentioned and the Pyraliles have several con- 

 necting-links with the Phycidce. 



1. Orthaga acontialis. 



Mas. Albida^ cervino subtincta ; palpi cervini ; alee fimbria ni- 

 gricante strigata ; anticce litura discali elongata transverse sul- 

 cata } macula costali nigra oblonya, spatio apicali ferrugineo 



