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tarsi ; spurs long. Fore wings squamous, rather narrow, hardly- 

 convex along the costa, slightly rounded at the tips, very oblique 

 along the exterior border. 



1. LOCASTRA MaIMONALIS. 



Mas. Ferruginea, luteo varia; alee anticce viridi tincta, lineis 

 nigricantibus denticulatis et undulatis, linea marginali fusca, 

 reniformi valde indistincta ; posticce albidce, subhyalince, mar- 

 gine interiore fills albidis dense vestito. 



Male. Ferruginous, partly luteous and with some black squa- 

 mous hairs ; under side luteous. Wings shining. Fore wings 

 tinged with green, with blackish irregular denticulated and undu- 

 lating lines ; marginal line brown ; reniform mark very indistinct ; 

 under side, like that of the hind wings, whitish with a reddish tinge 

 in front. Hind wings whitish, slightly hyaline; interior border 

 thickly clothed with pale reddish hairs. Length of the body 10 lines ; 

 of the wings 22 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



2. Locastra Phereciusalis. 



Mas. Viridi-flava, subtus testacea ; capitis cornua rufescentia 

 apice nigricantia ; palpi testacei, longi, lanceolati, arcuati ; 

 thorax fasciis duabas rufescentibus nigro marginatis ; abdomen 

 svpra ochraceum ; pedes rufescentes, nigro fasciati ; alee an- 

 ticce nigro conspersce, ex parte rufescentes, lineis interiore et 

 exteriore nigris incompletis, reniformi nigra ; posticce cupreo- 

 fuscce. 



Male. Greenish yellow, testaceous beneath. Appendages of 

 the head reddish, blackish and iridescent at the tips. Palpi testa- 

 ceous, long, lanceolate, curved, much longer than in the preceding 

 species, ascending high above the head. Thorax with two reddish 

 black-bordered bands. Abdomen ochraceous above. Legs reddish, 

 with black bands ; hairs partly whitish. Wings with broad shining 

 pale red fringes. Fore wings partly reddish, irregularly speckled 

 with black ; interior and exterior lines black, irregular, incomplete, 

 interrupted; marginal festoon and reniform mark black. Hind 

 wings cupreous-brown ; under side of the four wings with a cinereous 

 band and a very broad cinereous border. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



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