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with minute and indistinct transverse brown streams, and with a few 

 black scales; a brown subcostal stripe, limited in front by an 

 irregular black line, the latter bordered in front by an irregular 

 hoary line; marginal line brown, zigzag, here and there black; 

 costa slightly convex, with black points ; exterior border straight, 

 slightly oblique. Hind wings brown ; fringe dark cinereous. 

 Length of the body 4f lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a — c. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



50. SciAPHILA? STOLIDANA. 



Fcem. Fuscescente-cinerea ; alee elongates, sat angustce, subacutm; 

 antic ce fuse o conspersce, spatio medio obliquo fuscescente. 



Female. Brownish cinereous, paler beneath. Abdomen ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Wings elongate, rather narrow, 

 slightly acute. Fore wings speckled with brown and more thinly 

 with black ; middle part broadly and obliquely shaded with brown ; 

 costa and exterior border slightly convex, the latter very oblique. 

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



o. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



51. SdAPHILA MESOMELANA. 



Mas. Argenteo-albida ; caput et thorax fusca ; alee anticie sat 

 angustce, apice rotundatce, cinereo snbnebulosce, nigro subcon- 

 spersce, fasciis tribus fuscis nigro notatis, la basati, fimbria 

 fusca ; posticce fuscescente-cinerece. 



Male. Silvery whitish, mostly cinereous beneath. Head and 

 thorax brown. Fore wings rather narrow, rounded at the tips, 

 slightly clouded with cinereous and speckled with black, with three 

 brown irregular black-marked bands ; first band basal ; second 

 middle; third extending from four-fifths of the length of the costa 

 to the interior angle ; fringe brown; costa straight; exterior border 

 hardly convex, slightly oblique; under side brownish. Hind wings 

 brownish cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



