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the thorax; third joint as long as the second. Antennae rather 

 short. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, Tather short; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 

 stout, rather broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips; 

 costa slightly convex towards the base; exterior border slightly 

 convex, hardly oblique. 



1. Characoma albulalis. 



Fcem. Cinerea, subtus fusca ; thorax fusco fasciatus ; abdomen 

 ceneo-cinereum; alee anticce albido et cervino varice, lineis 

 quatuor niyricantibus dentatis albo marginatis, striga brevi 

 lata nigricante, punctis marginalibus nigris ; posticte fuscce, 

 fimbria cinerea. 



Female. Cinereous, brown beneath. Thorax with a brown 

 band in front. Abdomen with an aeneous tinge. Fore wings partly 

 whitish, partly tinged with fawn-colour; four irregular transverse 

 dentate blackish lines, mostly white- bordered ; a short broad blackish 

 streak in the disk between the second and third lines ; marginal 

 points black. Hind wings brown ; fringe cinereous. Length of 

 the body 4£ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 53. SALMA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Vertex fasciculo brevi erecto. 

 Palpi squamosi, suberecti, sat graciles, verticem paullo superantes; 

 articulus 2us linearis; 3us minimus. Antennae sat validag. Abdo- 

 men alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes squamosi, robusti. Alae 

 antieas elongatae, latiusculae, apice subrotundatae. 



Female. Body rather stout. Vertex with a short erect tuft. 

 Palpi squamous, nearly erect, rather slender, rising a little higher 

 than the vertex; second joint linear; third conical, very minute. 

 Antennae rather stout. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs squamous, stout. Wings elongate, rather broad. 

 Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips. 



1. Salma recurvalis. 



Foem. Carta ; proboscis ferruginea, basi carta squamosa ; alee 

 anticce nigro viridique conspersa, spatio exteriore aneo-fusco, 

 puncto discali nigro, lineis duabus fuseis angulosis, 2a valde 

 fiexa ; postica? apud marginem exteriorem fuscescentes. 



