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Genus 4. PAGYDA. 



Corpus gracile. Frons lanceolata, peracuta. Proboscis medio- 

 cris. Palpi breves, lati, rotundati, fimbriati, articulis indistinctis. 

 Antennae graciles, loaves. Pedes laeves, longiusculi, sat graciles, 

 feraoribus tibiisque intermediis latiusculis. Alaa sericeae, nitentes, 

 concolores, lituris non diversis ; antica? vix acuta? ; posticae mar- 

 gine interiore fimbriato. 



Body slender. Front lanceolate, very acute. Proboscis mode- 

 rately long. Palpi short, broad, rounded, friuged ; joints indistinct. 

 Antennnae slender, smooth, moderately long. Legs smooth, rather 

 long and slender ; middle femora and middle tibiae rather broad; 

 spurs long, unequal. Wings silky, shining, alike in colour, and 

 with like markings. Fore wings oblong, hardly acute at the tips ; 

 exterior border very oblique. Hind wings with the interior border 

 fringed. 



This genus has some resemblance to the Botydce. 



1. Pagyda salvalis. 



Flavescente-cinerea ; caput cervinum ; thorax ochraeeo bifasciatus ; 

 alf£ lineis tribus ochraceis, la 2aque rectis parallelis, linea 

 marginali tenui obscuriore ; anticce lineis duabus basalibus 

 nigrisy lineis interiore el duabus exterioribus apud costam 

 nigro signatis, linea submarginali undulata. 



Yellowish cinereous. Head fawn-colour. Thorax with two 

 orange stripes. Wings with three orange lines ; first and second 

 lines oblique, straight, parallel, marked with black by the costa in 

 the fore wings; submarginal line undulating in the fore wings; 

 marginal line slender, darker; fringe whitish, orange at the base. 

 Fore wings with tw r o basal orange lines ; an oblique line between 

 the exterior and submarginal lines, abbreviated hindward, marked 

 with black by the costa. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



a. Cevlon. Presented by E. Templeton, Esq. 

 6. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



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