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slender black band by the exterior border. Hind wings whitish tes- 

 taceous. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 17 — 20 

 lines. 



a. Silhet. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



b. Ceylon. From the Rev. J. Wenham's collection. 



Genus 58. NERICE. 



Mas. Corpus cylindricum, sat validum. Proboscis nulla. 

 Palpi longiusculi, porrecti, subpilosi, caput superantes; articulus 

 3us minutus, conicus. Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, thorace lon- 

 giores. Abdomen alas posticastrientesuperans. Pedes sat graciles, 

 subpilosi; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longiusculis. Alae sat 

 angustae ; anticae apud costam rectee, apice rotundatae, margine ex- 

 teriore subobliquo. 



Male. Body cylindrical, moderately stout. Proboscis obsolete 

 or very short. Palpi porrect, rather long, minutely pilose, extending 

 some distance beyond the head ; second joint twice the length of 

 the first; third minute, conical. Antennae moderately pectinated, 

 longer than the thorax. Abdomen more than twice the length of 

 the thorax, extending for one-third of its length beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs rather slender, slightly pilose; hind tibiae with four 

 moderately long spurs. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings almost 

 straight along the costa, rounded at the tips, rather oblique along 

 the exterior border ; three inferior veins ; second very little nearer 

 to the first than to the third. 



1. NERICE BIDE N TATA. 



Mas. Pallide fusca; caput, palpi et thorax obscuriora ; aim 

 anticce postice albidce, intermedia angulosa strigaque nigris. 



Male. Pale brown. Head, palpi and thorax in front darker 

 brown. Fore wings whitish along the interior border; this whitish 

 part is twice deeply indented by the black stripe which divides it 

 from the brown, and is accompanied in front at its tip by a black 

 streak. Under side of the four wings whitish brown, with an indis- 

 tinct oblique middle blackish band. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



a. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



