COLLECTED AT SAEAWAK. 



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Male. Cinereous. Head, thorax, and fore wings slightly tinged with 

 wood-colour. Palpi ascending ; 2nd joint hardly stout, very slightly 

 curved ; 3rd elongate-conical, hardly one-fourth of the length of the 

 2nd. Antennae stout, serrated ; the teeth pubescent. Thorax with a 

 brownish band. Abdomen with a small apical tuft. Legs slightly pi- 

 lose, not fringed. Wings with black marginal points. Fore wings with 

 a brown basal mark ; interior, exterior, and submarginal lines brown, 

 slight, zigzag, the latter accompanied by a cinereous line ; orbicular 

 and reniform marks brown, irregular. Hind wings whitish. Length 

 of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



Earn. OETHOSID^l, Guen. 

 Gen. Thalatha, el. g. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis distincta. Palpi ascendentes, sat 

 graciles, subarcuati, ad frontem applicati; articulus 3 US lanceolatus, 

 2* dimidio brevior. Antenna nudae. Abdomen cristatum, alas pos- 

 ticas vix superans. Pedes breviusculi, sat validi ; tibiae subfinibriatae. 

 Alee anticae apice subrotundatae, costa recta, margine exteriore convexo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi rather slender, 

 ascending, slightly curved, applied to the front; 3rd joint lanceolate, 

 less than half the length of the 2nd. Antennae simple. Abdomen 

 crested, hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather short 

 and stout ; tibiae slightly fringed ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Wings moderately broad. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips ; 

 costa straight ; exterior border convex, slightly oblique. 



242. Thalatha sinens, Walk. Cat. Lep. 3rd ser. 746 (Orthosia). 

 Var. Fore wings with an irregular angular olive-coloured band, whose 

 hind part is very oblique. 



G-en. Baebesola, n. g. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis distincta, Palpi porrecti, com- 

 pressi, caput superantes ; articulus 2 US latus ; 3 US minimus. Antennce 

 longae, graciles, vix pubescentes. Abdomen subcarinatum, alas posticas 

 vix superans, fasciculo apicali parvo compresso. Pedes validi ; tibiae 

 intermediae penicillatae. Alee anticae apice rotundatae,] costa recta, 

 margine exteriore convexo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis distinct. Palpi porrect, compressed, 

 extending beyond the head; 2nd joint broad; 3rd extremely minute. 

 Antennae long, slender, very minutely pubescent. Abdomen slightly 

 keeled, hardly extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft smal]„ 

 compressed. Legs stout ; tibiae dilated ; middle tibiae furnished at 

 the base with a fan-shaped tuft of hairs which equal the tibiae in 

 length; hind tibiae with four spurs of moderate length. Wings roo~ 

 derately broad ; fringe long. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the 

 tips ; costa straight; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. 



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