124 CATALOGUE OF 



Alae anticae elongate, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore sub- 

 couvexo perobliquo. 



Male. Body ratber stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; second joint curved ; 

 tbird linear, obtuse at the tip, shorter than the second. Antenna? 

 stout, setulose. Legs smooth, moderately long and stout; bind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings elongate, moderately broad. 

 Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips; costa straight ; exterior 

 border slightly convex, very oblique. 



1. Sacatia laudatella. 

 Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea ; alee fusco conspersce, linea exteriore 

 denticulata cinerea, punctis marginalibus fuscis ; anticce linea 

 interiore cinereo, undulata, spalio basali fusco. 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Wings speckled with dark 

 brown ; an exterior cinereous denticulated line, with confluent 

 speckles along its inner side ; marginal points dark brown. Fore 

 wings with an interior undulating cinereous line, which diffusedly 

 borders the dark brown basal space. Length of the body 3J 

 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Genus 74. DAPHA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Palpi porrecti, compressi, disjunct!, 

 capitis latitudine paullo longiores ; 3us dense fimbriatus ; 3us 

 Hnearis, apice truncatus, 2i dimidio non longior. Antennae bre- 

 Yiusculae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes sat validi; 

 tibiee posticae subdilatatae ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor parvis. 

 Alae anticse latiusculae, non longae, apice rectangulatae, margine 

 exteriore vix obliquo. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, com- 

 pressed, apart from each other, a little longer than the breadth of 

 the head; second joint broadly and thickly fringed above; third 

 linear, truncate at the tip, about half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae rather stout. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs smooth, rather stout; middle tibiae slightly dilated; hind 

 tibiae with four short spurs. Wings rather broad, not long. Fore 

 wings rectangular at tbe tips; 'costa straight; exterior border 

 slightly convex, hardly oblique. 



