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ME. F. "WALKEE 02ST 1IETEE0CEE0US LEPTDOPTEEA 



more than one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antennae distinctly 

 pubescent. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Tibiae 

 fringed; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Fore wings tinged here 

 and there with pale wood-colour ; speckles in some parts confluent ; 

 two short black discal streaks; marginal lunules black, whitish-bor- 

 dered ; fringe blackish, with a white mark opposite each lunule. 

 Hind wings cinereous brown. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 w ings 12 lines. 



Gen. Bateachaeta, n. g. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi longi, subangulati; 

 articulus 3 U3 linearis, 2° brevior. Antenna; validae, longae, glabrae. 

 Abdomen longum, suhcristatum, alas posticas valde superans. Pedes 

 validi ; tibia; fimbriatae. Alee elongatae ; anticee apice rotundatae, 

 costa recta, margine exteriorc perobliquo, margine interiore extus sub- 

 excavato. 



Male. Body robust. Proboscis short. Palpi long; 2nd joint obliquely 

 ascending ; 3rd more porrect, linear, shorter than the 2nd, with which 

 it forms a slight angle. Antennae stout, long, simple. Abdomen long, 

 lanceolate, keeled, slightly crested, extending much beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout ; tibiae fringed ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Wings elongate. Fore wings much rounded at the tips ; costa straight ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, extremely oblique, interior border 

 slightly excavated exteriorly. 



2G3. Batkacharta obliqua, n. s. Mas. Lignicolor, thorace nigri- 

 cante, alis anticis vitta nigricantc lanccolata, spatio discali cxteriore 

 ferrugineo nebuloso, alis posticis pallide fuscis, macula discali subtus 

 nigricantc. 



Male. Wood-colour. Thorax blackish, except in front. Fore wing s 

 with a blackish cinereous-varied stripe, which occupies the whole of 

 the base, and tapers irregularly to four-fifths of the length of the 

 costa, whence it is continued in an irregular dentate line along the 

 tips and along the interior border; exterior discal space clouded with 

 ferruginous. Hind wings pale brown ; under side cinereous, with a 

 largo blackish discal spot. Length of the body Di lines; of the wings 

 20 lines. 



Fam. H^MEKOSIMS, Gudn. 

 (Jen. Aetola, Walk. 



261. Ariola codisigna, Walk. Cat. Lcp. 3rd ser. ?68. 

 Inhabits also Ceylon. 



265. Ariola dilectissimn, Walk. Cat. Lep. 3rd ser. 1 7^1 - 



266. Ariola COKTINUA, n. I, Fmm. Alba, palpis extus nigricantibus, 

 abdomine longissimo subecrvino, alis anticis diinidio antico nigro-vi- 

 ridi lineis nigris dentieulatis, alis posticis amco-fuscis. 



