﻿1748 CiLTALOGUE OF 



1. Egelesta eudivitta. 



Foem. Pallide lignicolor ; thorax fusco conspersus ; alee anticce 

 apud discum ferrugineo-fuscce, lineis fuscis denticulatis valde 

 incompletis ex parte nigris, fascia hasali vittaque discali 

 nigriSf lunulis marginalibus obscure fuscis, orbiculari et reni- 

 formi vix conspicuis ; posticce cinereo-fuscce. 



Female, Pale wood-colour. Thorax speckled with dark 

 brown. Fore wings with the disk mostly ferruginous-brown ; lines 

 brown, denticulated, partly black, very incomplete ; a black band 

 near the base, emitting a black discal stripe, which extends nearly 

 to the middle of the exterior border; marginal lunules dark brown ; 

 orbicular and reniform marks hardly visible. Hind wings cinereous- 

 brown. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Ceylon. In the East India Company's collection. 



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Genus PATiETA. 



Mas. Corpus robuslum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi 

 pilosi, ascendentes, longiusculi ; articulus 3us linearis, apice rotun- 

 datus, 2o paullo brevier. Antennae simplices, validee, corporis 

 dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; fasci- 

 culus apicalis latus. Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiag posticae calcaribus 

 longissimis. Alae denticulatae, sat angustae ; anticas apud costara 

 rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore subconvexo perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi pilose, 

 ascending, rather long; third joint linear, rounded at the tip, 

 a little shorter than the second. Antennae simple, stout, a little 

 more than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending 

 a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft broad. Legs stout, 

 pilose; hind tibiae with very long spurs. Wings denticulated, 

 rather narrow. Fore wings straight along the costa, slightly 

 rounded at the tips, slightly convex and very oblique along the ex- 

 terior border. 



1. PATiETA CONSPICIENDA. 



Mas. Nigra, pilis nonnullis cinereis, subtus albida ; abdomea 

 fascicule parvo subapicali atro ; alee anticce liners atris dupli- 

 catis subundulatis subdenticulatis, lunulis marginalibus atris, 

 orbiculari et reniformi indistinctis atro ex parte marginatis ; 

 posticce opaline -alb CB, semihyalince, margine lato obscure fusee. 



