434 CATALOGUE OF 



border slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length 

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



This species has some resemblance to Cryptolechia, 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 51. GIAURA. 



Fcem. Corpus crassum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi laves, oblique 

 asceudentes, verticem vix superantes; articulus 3us linearis, apice 

 rotundatus, 2i dimidio vix brevior. Antennae sat robustae. Abdo- 

 men alas posticas non superans. Pedes laeves, vix robusti ; tibiae 

 posticee calcaribus quatuor longissimis. Ala3 auticaB lata?, apice 

 rectangulatse, costa margineque exteriore convexis; posticae apud 

 marginem interiorem dilatatae plicatae fasciculatae. 



Female. Body thick. Proboscis short. Palpi smooth, mode- 

 rately stout, obliquely ascending, hardly rising higher than the 

 vertex ; third joint linear, rounded at the tip, nearly half the length 

 of the second. Antenna? rather stout. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, hardly stout ; hind tibiae 

 with four very long spurs. Fore wings broad, rectangular at the 

 tips ; costa and exterior border convex, the latter slightly oblique. 

 Hind wings dilated, folded and tufted about the interior border. 



1. GlAURA REPLETANA. 



Fcem. Cinerea, subtus alba ; caput et thorax fusco conspersa ; 

 alee anticce fusco subconspersce et subnebulosce, spatio basali 

 obscuriore squamis nonnullis nigris, linea submarginali fus- 

 cescente denticulata, punctis marginalibus nigricantibus, 

 plaga apud marginem interiorem alba ; posticee albce^ apice 

 fuscce. 



Female. Cinereous. Body beneath, abdomen and legs white. 

 Head and thorax with brown speckles. Fore wings partly and 

 slightly clouded and speckled with brown ; basal part darker brown, 

 with some black speckles ; submarginal line brownish, denticulated; 

 marginal points blackish ; a large white patch on the interior bor- 

 der. Hind wings white, brown about the tips. Length of the body 

 H lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



