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Male. Dull pale luteous. Third joint of the palpi not more 

 than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennse serrated, 

 a little less than half the length of the body. Abdomen testaceous. 

 Fore wings yellow, with greenish brown diffuse exterior bands, 

 which are intersected by whitish shining transverse undulating 

 lines; reniform spot greenish brown, enclosing a whitish shining 

 lunule. Hind wings whitish, with a discal dot, an exterior line, and 

 the border brownish. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 

 lines. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



Asia. 



19. Xanthia imparata. 



Fcem. Pallidissime flava ; antennae f us cce ; abdomen alas posti- 

 cas non superans, segmentis luteo fasciatis ; alee anticce lineis 

 transversis undulatis luteis lineisque exterioribus fuscescenti- 

 bus, margine exteriore fuscescente guttis obscure fuscis, reni- 

 formi fusca subrotunda ; pvstxece alba, marginibus pallide 

 Jlavescentibus. 



Female. Very pale yellow. Antennse brown. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind wings, with a slender luteous band on 

 each segment. Fore wings with undulating transverse luteous 

 lines, and with exterior brownish lines ; exterior margin brownish, 

 with a row of dark brown dots ; claviform and orbicular spots obso- 

 lete ; reniform brown, nearly round, rather large. Hind wings 

 white, with pale yellow borders. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



a. North India. 



20. Xanthia rufoflaya. 



Luteo-Jlava, subtus alba ; abdomen supra testaceum ; alee anticce 

 apud marginem exterior em ferruginece, lineis transversis la, 2a 

 et 3a indistinctis fuscescentibus subarcuatis, 4a nigricante 

 angulata, macula orbiculari obsoleta, reniformi pallidissime 

 rufa subrotunda marginata ; posticce supra rufescentes, margi- 

 nibus ciliisque canis. 



Luteous-yellow, white beneath. Abdomen testaceous above. 

 Fore wings ferruginous along the exterior border ; first, second and 

 third transverse lines brownish, indistinct, slightly curved ; fourth 



