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laeves, longiusculi, satgraciles ; tibiae anticae brevissimae, subincras- 

 satae, subtus sulcata? ; ealcaria longissima. Alae sat angustae ; an- 

 ticae apice acutas subialcatae, margine exteriore subconvexo. 



Body slender. Frontal tuft rather prominent. Palpi short, 

 slightly ascending ; second joint somewhat dilated at the tip ; third 

 linear, obtuse, not more than half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae smooth, rather stout, moderately long. Legs smooth, rather 

 long and slender ; fore tibiae very short, about half the length of the 

 femora, slightly thickened, grooved beneath ; spurs very long. 

 Wings rather narrow. Fore wings acute and subfalcate at the tips ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. 



This genus has a resemblance to some of the Geometrites, but 

 belongs to the Pyralites. 



1. Massepha absolutalis. 



Pallidissime lignicolor ; palpi fusco trifasciati ; tibice anticce 

 apices versus nigrce ; tarsi nigro cincti ; alee strigulis pluri- 

 mis trans versis pallide fuscis, punctis marginalibus nigris ; 

 anticce gutta costali interiore punctisque costalibus nigris ; 

 postica gutta nigra apud angulum interiorem. 



Very pale wood-colour. Palpi with three brown bands. Fore 

 tibiae black towards the tips. Tarsi with a black ringf at the tip of 

 each joint. Wings with very numerous minute transverse pale 

 brown marks ; exterior border with black points. Fore wings with 

 a black dot in the interior part of the disk ; costa with black points. 

 Hind wings with a black dot at the end of the interior border. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



Fam. 7. MARGARODID^l. 



Corpus saepissime robustum. Caput sat latum ; frons sub- 

 arcuata. Oculi magni. Proboscis longa, robusta. Palpi porrecti, 

 lati, rotundati, compressi, bicolores; articulus 3us brevissimus. 

 Antennae longae, graciles, nonnunquam pubescentes. Thorax ob- 

 longus. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes laeves. Alae 

 integrae, amplae, sericeae, semihyalinae, iridescentes aut opalinae, 

 saepissime lituris nullis ; anticae acutae ; posticae apud angulum 



