﻿1526 CATALOGUE OF 



angulosa incompleta, linea marginali nigra, ciliis ex parte 

 albo marginatis ; anticce plaga costali cinerea fusco postice 

 marginata, punctis costalibus albis, orbiculari punctiformi 

 fusca, reniformi fusco marginata et notala. 



Cinereous, minutely speckled with black, and with a ferruginous 

 tinge, which is most prevalent on the exterior part of the wings, and 

 on the under side is more regularly diffused. Wings with the 

 exterior border not denticulated, but with a distinct, though very 

 obtuse, an<ile; interior and exterior lines dark brown, diffuse, some- 

 what undulating, retracted towards the costa of the fore wings, the 

 latter one double; subraarginal line dark brown, zigzag, especially 

 incomplete in the hind wings ; marginal Hue black, fringe partly 

 edged with white. Fore wings with the basal half line dark brown ; 

 a cinereous costal patch containing white costal points, and with a 

 dark brown hindward horder in which the exterior line terminates ; 

 orbicular mark punctiform, dark brown, as is also the border and 

 discal mark of the reniform, which has a ferruginous tinge. Length 

 of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's collection. 



Genus 2. THYRIDOSPILA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Fasciculus frontalis trigonus, imitjolor, 

 non prominens. Proboscis gracilis, breviuscula. Palpi oblique 

 ascendentes; articulus 2as ensiformis, squamosus, subtumidus, non 

 pilosus ; 3us longus, rectus, filiformis, spatulatus. Thorax angustus, 

 suboblongus, subconvexus, laevis, squamosus. Abdomen longum, 

 cylindricum, apice flexuosum, alas posticas superans, hamis duobus 

 arcuatis fiisciculoque apicaiibus. Pedes graciles ; tibia? intermediae 

 membrana sericea squamosa munitae. Alse denliculatae, angulaiae, 

 concolores, lituris non diversis, maculis semivitreis. 



Thjridospila, Guen. Nod. iii. 331. 



Male. Body slender. Frontal tuft triangular, of one colour, 

 not prominent. Proboscis slender, rather short. Palpi obliquely 

 ascending; second joint ensii'orm, squamous, not pilose; third long, 

 tslender, filiform, spatulate. Thorax narrow, smooth, squamous, 

 slightly o])long and arched. Abdomen lon<>-, cylindrical, extending 

 beyond the hind wings, bent at the tip, which is furnished with two 

 curved hooks. Legs slender; middle tibiae furnished with a silky 

 sijuanious n^embrane. Win<,^s denticulated, very angular, with 

 seniiviireous sjio's, alike in colour, and with like markings. 



