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Fore wings with an interior oblique chalybeous line. Hind wings 

 with the interior space mostly whitish and semihyaline. Male. — 

 Abdomen extending far beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft blackish. 

 Length of the body 4 — 5 lines; of the wings 9 — 10 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 

 c. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



24. Cataclysta? bisectalis. 



Alba; palpi graciles, subarcuati, oblique ascendentes ; antennce 

 breves, validce, setacece ; alee fascia media obliqua obscure . 

 fusca, lineis interiore et exteriore fuscis fiexuosis, punctis mar- 

 ginalibus riigris ; anticce orbiculari fusca puhctiformi, reni- 

 formi e punctis duo bus fuscis ; posticce fascia submarginali 

 rosea, margine exteriore fusco. 



White. Palpi slender, slightly curved, obliquely ascending ; 

 third joint lanceolate, a little shorter than the second. Antennae 

 short, stout, setaceous. Wings with a dark brown oblique middle 

 hand, and with an interior and an exterior flexuous slight irregular 

 brown line ; marginal points black ; under side brownish, white at 

 thebase and with a white middle band. Fore wings with the orbi- 

 cular mark indicated by a brown point, and the reniform by two 

 brown points. Hind wings with a few brown speckles, and with a 

 rosy submarginal band ; exterior border brown. Length of the body 

 3 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



Australasia. 



25. Cataclysta Crcesusalis. 



Mas. Cinereo-alba ; alee fimbria cinereo-alba fusco punctata ; 

 anticce cinereo-fuscce, macula discali oblonga fasciaque exte- 

 riore abbreviata albis fusco marginatis, fascia submarginali 

 alba, fascia marginali lutea intus nigro maryinata, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris ; posticce lutece, spatio basali albo liuea 

 nigra, fascia submarginali alba latissime interrupta nigro 

 marginata, guttis marginalibus nigris. 



Male. Cinereous-white. Proboscis long. Palpi slender, ob- 

 liquely ascending. Maxillary palpi distinct. x\bdomen attenuated 

 extending rather far beyond the hind wings. Legs pure white # 

 Wings with a cinereons-white brown-pointed fringe. Fore wing s 



2 q2 



