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rather stout. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, rather slender; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 

 long, narrow. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; exterior border 

 nearly straight, hardly oblique. 



1. Cadea defectella. 



Mas et foem. Cinerea ; alee anticce subconspersce, fasciis duabus 

 pallide cervinis diffusis indistinctis. 



Male and female. Cinereous. Fore wings very minutely 

 speckled ; two indistinct and diffuse pale fawn-coloured bands. 

 Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



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



Genus MASTHALA. 



Mas. Corpus gracillimum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi 

 porrecti, squamosi, capitis latitudine non breviores ; articulus 3us 

 lanceolatus, 2o non brevior. Antennae glabrae, graciles, breviusculae. 

 Abdomen alas posticas longissime superans. Pedes graciles. Alse 

 anticae perangustae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Body very slender. Proboscis rather short. Palpi 

 porrect, squamous, as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 lanceolate, as long as the second. Antennae smooth, slender, little 

 more than half the length of the fore wings. Abdomen extending 

 very far beyond the hind wings. Legs slender, not long ; spurs 

 moderately long. Wings very narrow. Fore wings rounded at the 

 tips ; exterior border extremely oblique. 



1. Masthala favillalella. 



Mas. Cinerea, subtus albida ; alee anticce nigricante conspersce, 

 fasciis duabus obliquis nigricantibus ; posticce albida. 



Male. Cinereous, whitish beneath. Fore wings thickly and 

 minutely blackish speckled, with two blackish oblique irregular 

 bands ; the first at one-third of the length ; the other at two-thirds 

 of the length. Hind wings whitish. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Australia ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



