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wings minutely speckled with black; interior and exterior lines 

 black, denticulated, here and there interrupted ; the first upright ; 

 the other oblique, undulating ; orbicular and reniform spots slightly 

 marked in black. Hind wings pale cinereous. Length of the 

 body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a, b. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Asia. 



7. Aglossa dimidialis. 



Purpurascente-cinerea ; alee anticce lineis quinque nebulosis nigris ; 

 posticce pallide fuscce. 



Crambus dimidiatus, Haw. Lep. Brit. 372. 

 Aglossa dimidiatus, Steph. III. Brit. Haust. iv. 24. 

 Aglossa dimidialis, Guen. Delt.et Pyral. 128, 25. 



Hindostan. 



8. Aglossa micalialis. 



Foem. Fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes ; articulus 

 2us arcuatus ; Sus lanceolatus, 2i dimidio longior; alee Ion- 

 giusculce, sat angustce ; anticce apud costam vix convexce, apice 

 rotundatce, margine exteriore perobliquo^ lituris costalibus 

 lineisque angulosis pallidis, strigis marginalibus nigricantibus ; 

 postica linea exteriore pallida undulata indistincta. 



Female. Brownish cinereous. Palpi obliquely ascending; 

 second joint curved ; third lanceolate, more than half the length of 

 the second. Wings rather long and narrow. Fore wings very 

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

 along the exterior border ; some pale marks along the costa ; lines 

 pale, zigzag, not distinct; a row of slight marginal blackish 

 streaks. Hind wings very little paler than the fore wings, with an 

 indistinct pale undulating exterior line. Length of the body 7 

 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Shanghai. From the collection of the Entomological Society. 



