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3. Amerila Melanthus. 



Albida ; thorax fascia antica tufa ; abdomen rufum ; alee antica 

 costce bis triente apicali, triente apicali lituraque discali con- 

 nexafuscis,plaga magna discali limpida guttisque basi nigris, 

 posticce plus dimidio antico et apicali limpido apice fusco. 



Phalaena Melanthus, Cram. Pap. ExoL iii. 166, pi. 28(>, f. B. 

 Rhodogastria Melanthus, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalamce Vencr 

 Hipocritcv Sphingiformes) 172, 1774. 



Ceylon. 



Group 2. 



Mas etfeem. Corpus lineare, subcylindricum. Proboscis cor- 

 poris dimidio non brevior. Palpi longiusculi, ascendentes ; articu- 

 lus 2us lo multo longior, 3us minimus. Antennae simplices. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas longe superans. Pedes mediocriter longi 

 et graciles ; tibia? posticae calcaribus quatuor parvis. Alae sat longae 

 et angustae, ex parte byalinae aut semibyalinae. 



Pbaegoptera, p., Boisd. ; Herr-Schceff. 



Body linear, nearly cylindrical. Proboscis not less than half 

 the length of the body. Palpi rather long, ascending ; second 

 joint much longer than the first; third extremely minute. An- 

 tennae simple in both sexes. Abdomen extending much beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs moderately long and slender ; hind tibiae with 

 four small spurs. Wings rather long and narrow, partly hyaline or 

 semihyaline ; discal fold indistinct ; first and second inferior veins 

 almost contiguous at the base ; third about thrice further from the 

 fourth than from the second. Hind wings convex in front; first 

 inferior vein very near the second and the third, which are united 

 at the base ; fourth springing from the middle of the length of the 

 discal areolet. 



4. Amerila erythronota. 



Foem. Testacea; subtus albida; palpi rufi, subtus albi ; an- 

 tennce fuscce ; abdomen supra rufum ; pedes albi, femoribus 

 anticis supra rufis apice cervinis, femoribus posterioribus apice 

 tibiisque posterioribus basi tibiisque anticis cervinis ; ala an- 

 ticce fusco conspersoe, ex parte cervina, striga antica rufa 

 maculaque maxima subapicali limpida ; posticce albce, sub- 

 limpidce. 



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