﻿1138 CATALOGUE OF 



tennse slender, filiform, very minutely pubescent, about half the i 

 length of the body. Abdomen slightly tufted at the tip, hardly ex- 1( 

 tending beyond the bind wings. Legs stout; hind tibiae with very 

 long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings nearly straight 

 along the costa, almost rectangular at the tips, hardly oblique along 

 the exterior border till near the interior angle, where they are mode- 

 rately oblique. 



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1. AUCHA VELANS. 



Mas. NigrO'fusca, suhtus cupreo-ferruginea ; abdomen cupreo- 

 ferrugineum^ lituris fere obsoletis, guttis marginalihus nigri- 

 cantihus ; posticce cnprecc^ basi et apud marginem interiorem 

 pallidiores, plaga discali oblonga cervina, ciliis ex parte 

 testaceis, 



Male, Blackish brown, cupreous, ferruginous beneath. Ab- 

 domen cupreous-ferruginous. Fore wings with a cinereous tinge ; 

 all the markings almost obsolete, except a row of blackish marginal 

 dots. Hind wings cupreous, somewhat paler towards the base and 

 along the interior border ; an oblong fawn-coloured patch in the 

 disk ; ciliae partly testaceous ; ander side with a brown discal spot 

 and a brown border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 

 lines. 



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



Genus 11. ^GILIA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Oculi magni. Proboscis valida, 

 mediocris. Palpi porrecti, subpilosi ; articulus 3us linearis, apice 

 rotundatus, 2i dimidio longior. Antennae simplices? Thorax 

 elongatus, pilis arete applicatis. Abdomen lohgum, alas posticas 

 longe superans, apicem versus subattenuaium, fasciculo apicali 

 paryo. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alae per- 

 angustae ; anlicae apud costam rectae, apice subrotundatae, margine 

 exteriore denticulato subconvexo valde obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Eyes large. Proboscis stout, moderately 

 long. Palpi porrect, slightly pilose ; third joint linear, rounded at 

 the tip, more than half the length of the second. Antennae simple.'* 

 Thorax elongate, with the hairs closely applied. Abdomen long, 

 extending for nearly half its length beyond the hind wings, slightly 

 attenuated towards the tip ; apical tuft small. Legs stout ; hind 



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