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attenuated in front ; second convex on the inner side, concave on 

 the outer side, near which there is a slender whitish line, the latter 

 dilated into a costal spot. Hind wings with nearly half the basal 

 part white, semihyaline, containing a brown mark, and havinsr near 

 its border a whitish line. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



18. Desmia concisalis. 



Fcem. Fuscescente-nigra, cor pore subtus, capite, abdominis fasciis 

 pedibusque albis ; alee anticce squamosa, subpurparascentes. 

 von elongate, apud costam testacece, lineis duabus albidis sub- 

 denticulatis, linea subrecta, 2a valde flexa angulum acutum 

 fingente macula intermedia transversa subcostali alba semihya- 

 Una, puncto exteriore discali albido ; posticce linea denticulata 

 subinterrupta. 



Female. Brownish black, white beneath. Third joint of the 

 palpi acutely conical, longer than in some species. Head white. 

 Abdomen with whitish bands. Legs white. Wings with the fringe 

 white at the tips and by the interior angle. Fore wings squamous, 

 with a purplish tinge, not elongated, testaceous along the costa, 

 except near the base, with two slightly denticulated whitish lines, 

 between which there is a white semihyaline subcostal transverse 

 spot; a whitish discal point near the exterior side of the latter; 

 first line nearly straight ; second line much bent, acutely angular. 

 Hind wings with a denticulated slightly interrupted line, which cor- 

 responds to the second line of the fore wings. Length of the body 

 2\ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



19. Desmia? fasctalis. 



Nigra ; aim elongatce, fascia obliqua alba semihyalina ; anticce 

 striga exteriore attenuata et abbreviata, 



Phalaena-Pyralis fascialis, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 236, pi. 398, f. O. 



Japan. 



20. Desmia? luctuosalis. 



Fcem. Nigra; alec violaceo nitentes ; anticce maculis tribus fla- 

 vescente-albis, la discali quadrata strigis duabus fuscis termi- 



