t — 

 r more than half the length and for nearly half the breadth, con- 

 tains a black dot, and joins a fawn-coloured spot at its tip ; exterior 

 and marginal dots black. Hind wings whitish, with brownish 

 borders and black marginal dots. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 14 lines. 



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



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Leucania.? convecta. 



Mas. Testacea; abdomen pallide cinereum ; ala antiece macula 

 discali, guttis exterioribus et marginalibus nigris, macula 

 antica cervlna, orbiculari et reniformi obsuletis ; posticus cine- 

 rece margine latofuscescente, ciliis albidis . 



Male. Testaceous. Abdomen pale cinereous. Fore wings 

 very slightly speckled with brown, with a double exterior row and 

 with a marginal row of black dots ; discal areolet having at its tip 

 a black spot, in front of which there is an indistinct pale fawn- 

 coloured spot ; orbicular and reniform spots obsolete. Hind wings 

 cinereous, with broad brown borders ; ciliae whitish. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



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Genus NONAGEIA. 



Group 4. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi oblique ascen- 

 dentes ; articulus 3us cylindricus, 2i quadrante non longior. An- 

 tenna? ciliatae, corporis dimidio vix longiores. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas superans. Pedes mediocriter validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor lougis. Alae anticee sat angustae, apud costam rectae, apice 

 rotundatae, margine exteriore mediocriter obliquo. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi obliquely as- 

 cending; third joint cylindrical, about one-fourth of the length of 

 the second. Antennae ciliated, hardly more than half the length of 

 the body. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs moderately stout; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Fore 

 wings rather narrow, straight in front, rounded at the tips, mode- 

 rately oblique along the exterior border. 



This group has some resemblance to the Pyralites. 



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