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1. Edeta Icartjsalis. 



Mas. Pallide subochracea ; abdominis fasciculus apicalis nigri- 

 cans, subquadratus ; alee anticce squamis plurimis nigris aut 

 ferrugineis, venis costam versus incrassatis deviis callum elon- 

 gatum nudum semihyalinum laminatum includentibus, fim- 

 bria dwplicata intus nigricante ; postica? fusca?. 



Male. Pale dull ochraceous, cinereous beneath, where the 

 wings are brown and shining. Abdomen with the apical tuft 

 blackish, subquadrate. Fore wings partly covered with black or 

 ferruginous scales ; veins near the costa thickened and devious, and 

 enclosing between an elongated bare semibyaline callus, which is 

 divided above into eight lamina?, and beneath is puuctured and has 

 eight sutures ; lines too diffuse to be traced ; fringe double, the in- 

 terior part blackish. Hind wings brown, shining, somewhat cine- 

 reous towards the base. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 41. NEVIASCA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Palpi longissimi, fimbriati, ascendentes ; 

 articulus 2us valde arcuatus; 3us subrectus, postice fasciculatus, 2o 

 panllo brevior. Antennae pectinatae, apices versus convolutae, ramis 

 pubescentibus. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes validi, 

 subpilosi, calcaribus longissimis ; tibia? anticae breves, dilatatae. 

 Alae sat angustse ; anticas apud costam rectae, apice subrotuudatse/ 

 margine exteriore perobliquo. Fcem. — Palpi graciles, pubescentes ; 

 articulus 2us subarcuatus ; 3us subrectus, gracillimus, valde acutus, 

 2o brevior. Antennae graciles, simplices. 



Male. Body stout. Palpi compressed, fringed, very long, 

 ascending very high above the vertex ; first joint very short ; second 

 much curved ; third almost straight, tufted on its hind side with 

 very long hairs, a little shorter than the second. Antennae mode- 

 rately pectinated, convoluted towards the tips ; branches pubescent. 

 Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 very small. Legs stout, slightly pilose ; spurs very long ; fore tibiae 

 short, dilated, with a thick appendage, which extends beyond their 

 tips. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings straight along the costa, 

 slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior border very oblique. Female. 

 — Palpi slender, pubescent ; second joint slightly curved ; third 



