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Wings with two denticulated fawn-coloured lines ; fringe with dark 

 brown dots. Fore wings with a few black speckles and with black 

 marginal lunules. Hind wings brownish cinereous ; lines brown. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 79. HAMAXIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi gra- 

 ciles, arcuati, ianceolati, oblique ascendentes, verticem longe super- 

 antes ; articulus 2us subfimbriatus ; 3us acutus, 2o brevior. An- 

 tennae subsetulosae. Abdomen alas posticas superans, apicem 

 versus subcoinpressum ; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes laeves, 

 graciles, longiusculi ; tibiae anteriores breves, validi, fimbriatae ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus duobus interioribus longissimis. Alae anticae 

 subelongatae, subfalcatas, costa perparum convexa, margine exteriore 

 augulato. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis distinct. Palpi long, 

 slender, curved, lanceolate, obliquely ascending, rising much higher 

 than the vertex ; second joint slightly fringed ; third acute, shorter 

 than the second. Antennae very minutely setulose. Abdomen ex- 

 tending rather beyond the hind wings, slightly compressed towards 

 the tip ; apical tuft very small. Legs smooth, slender, rather long ; 

 anterior tibiae short, stout, fringed ; hind tibiae with the first pair of 

 spurs very long. Wings slightly elongated, moderately broad. 

 Fore wings acute and subfalcate ; costa very slightly convex ; exte- 

 rior border forming an acute angle in the middle, concave in front, 

 very oblique hindward. 



1. Hamaxia lignulina. 



Mas. Pallidissime lignicolor ; aire apud margines fuscescente 

 subconspersce, punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticce vitta dif- 

 fusa angulata pallide fusca. 



Male. Very pale wood-colour. Wings slightly speckled with 

 pale brown about the borders; marginal points black. Wings with 

 a diffuse obtusely angular pale brown stripe, which extends from 

 rather before the middle of the costa to the middle of the exterior 

 border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



