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Hind wings testaceous, as is also the under side of the fore wing; 

 Length of the/cody 18 lines ; of the wings 46 lines. 



Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Group 4. 



Fcem. Corpus crassum. Palpi validi, breves, pilosi, capu 

 non superantes. Antennas subpectinatas, thorace multo breviores 

 Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Alas longissimae, mediocritei 

 latas ; aniicas acuminata?, apud costam subrectas, rnargine exterior 

 recto perobliquo. 



Female. Body thick. Palpi stout, short, pilose, not extending 

 beyond the head. Antennas minutely pectinated, much shorter thai 

 the thorax. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Wings 

 very long, moderately broad. Fore wings acuminated, straight in 

 front, somewhat rounded towards the tip of the costa, straight ana 

 very oblique along the exterior border ; first and second inferioi 

 veins united to a long petiole beyond the end of the discal areolet 

 third remote from the second and from the fourth. 



4. Pachypasa? subfascia. 



Fcem. Cervina; caput subtus, palpi, pectus, abdomen subtus et 

 pedes ferruginea ; antennae testacece, ramis nigricantibus ; 

 thorax carina dorsali fulva ; abdomen apice fulvum ; tarsi 

 fulvo fasciati ; aim antics fascia gracillima perobliqua nigri- 

 cante fasciisque basim versus nonnullis pallidioribus subobli- 

 quis plagaque fusca apud marginem exterior em medium ; 

 postica: fascia lata submarginali fusca. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Head beneath, palpi, pectus, abdo- 

 men beneath and legs ferruginous. Antennas testaceous, with 

 blackish branches. Thorax with a tawny dorsal ridge. Abdomen 

 tawny at the tip. Tarsi with tawny bands. Fore wings with a very 

 oblique and slender blackish band, which extends from four-fifths of 

 the length of the costa to one-third of the length of the interior 

 border, and with some paler less oblique bands nearer the base ; a 

 large brown patch on the middle of* the exterior border. Hind 

 wings with a broad brown band along the exterior border. Length 

 of the body 20 lines; of the wiugs 56 lines. 



a. Ashanti. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society's collection. 



