COLLECTED AT SAEAWAK. 



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black stripe. Thorax in front with a large quadrate deep -black spot. 

 Fore wings with two hoary slightly undulating transverse lines near 

 the base, and with a large blackish testaceous-bordered discal spot, 

 three more exterior, slightly undulating, very indistinct blackish lines, 

 a testaceous dot near the tip, and a fawn-coloured patch on the exte- 

 rior border. Hind wings paler. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 17 lines. 



Gen. Ajstge^ia, n. g. 



Mas. Co rp us robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi\?exes, longi, com- 

 pressi, ascendentes, verticem non superantes, articulo '60 lanceolato. 

 Antenna validae, simplices. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas posticas 

 sat superans, fasciculis duobus apicalibus deflexis. Pedes robusti ; 

 tibiae subfasciculatae ; posticae calcaribus quatuor longissimis. Alee 

 spissae, sat angustae ; anticae apice rotundatae, margine exteriore 

 vix flexo. 



Male. Body robust. Proboscis not apparent. Palpi long, compressed, 

 ascending, smooth, not rising higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint lan- 

 ceolate, about half the length of the 2nd. Antennae stout, bare, mo- 

 derately long. Abdomen lanceolate, extending rather far beyond the 

 hind wings, furnished with two diverging apical tufts. Legs stout ; 

 tibiae slightly tufted ; hind tibiae with four very long spurs. Wings 

 robust, rather narrow. Fore wings much rounded at the tips ; costa 

 straight ; exterior border very slightly bent, its hind part extremely 

 oblique ; inferior veins approximate. 



This genus has some resemblance to the Thermesiidce. 



184. AxigRjEA rubida, n. s. Mas. Ferrugineo-rufa, alis viridi-aurato 

 tinctis linea marginali pallide cinerea, alis anticis lineis nonnullis ob- 

 scurioribus obliquis indistinctis subrectis, alis posticis litura discali 

 lineisque duabus exterioribus fasciaque marginali fuscis. 



Male. Ferruginous red, more cinereous beneath. Wings slightly tinged 

 with golden green ; a pale-cinereous marginal line. Fore wings with 

 four or five indistinct oblique nearly straight darker lines. Hind 

 wings beneath cinereous, with a brown discal mark, and with two 

 exterior brown lines, and with a broad marginal brown band. Length 

 of the body 6 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



Gen. Thelde, n. g. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi breves, latissimi, 

 articulis indistinctis. Antenna breviusculae, latissime pectinatae. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas non superans. Pedes robusti, hirsuti; antici dense 

 fasciculati. Alee latae, non longae; anticae vix acutae, costa apicem 

 versus subconvexa. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis not apparent. Palpi extending very 

 little beyond the head, extremely broad and obtuse ; joints indistinct. 

 Antennae very broadly pectinated, not long. Abdomen not extending 



