HYPOLIMXAS. 
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"Head moderately large, with a frontal tuft nearly reaching to the tip of the second joint of the 
palpi. 
" Eijes prominent, naked. 
" Labial palpi porrected, rather more than twice the length of the head, ascending obliquely, 
but scarcely elevated above the level of the middle of the eyes, rather flattened beneath, 
scaly ; the scales lying flat exce])t at the base, beneath which they are slightly elongated, 
and also near the middle of the upperside of the second joint, where there is an elongated 
tuft of white scales, and another near the tip within, which causes the apical joint to he 
as wide apart as the space between the eyes ; the terminal joint is elongate-ovate, slightly 
pointed at the tip, and about one fourth of the length of the second joint. 
" Antennce short, scarcely above three fourths of the length of the body and not half the length 
of the wings, slender, slightly curved, terminated by a distinct, rather small club, not 
occupying more than one fifth of the length of the antenna) ; club obovate, terminated by a 
very minute acute point. 
"Thorax moderately robust, hairy, especially on the metathorax ; neck short, marked with small 
white spots ; wings large. 
" Fore ivings subtrigonate. Fore margin much arched ; apical angle not regularly rounded. 
Apical margin about three fourths of the length of the anterior, angulatcd below the apex, 
emarginate below the angle ; margin slightly scalloped. Inner margin slightly concave, 
about the same length as the apical one. Costal vein extending beyond the middle of the 
costa. Subcostal vein with its first branch arising about one fourth from the base of the 
wing ; second branch arising at a little distance beyond the first, and before the anterior 
extremity of the discoidal cell ; third branch arising at about two thirds of the length of 
the wing and extending to the tip ; fourth branch arising halfway between it and the apex 
and reaching the apical margin at a little distance below the apex ; the terminal portion 
of the vein slightly deflexed. Upper discoccUular very short, almost obsolete, arising from 
the subcostal at about one third of the length of the wing ; middle discocellular short, 
curved obliquely outwards ; lower discocellular slightly curved, about three times as long 
as the middle one, and uniting with the third branch of the median vein at a little distance 
beyond its origin, closing tlic discoidal cell at a little more than one third of the length of 
the wing ; the third branch is considerably curved beyond the discoidal cell. 
" Hind wings broad, nearh" rounded. Anterior margin much arched. Outer margin somewhat 
longer than the anterior, rounded and scalloped. Precostal vein curved outwardly. Costal 
vein much curved, extending to the outer angle. Subcostal vein branching at about one 
fifth of the length of the wing. Upper discocellular arising very close to the base of the 
subcostal branch ; lower discocellular arising at about the same distance from the base of 
the upper discocellular, curved, and united with the median vein exactly at the origin of 
its third branch, closing the discoidal cell. 
Foi-e legs of the male short and pectoral, scaly : femora clothed beneath with rather long scjIv 
hairs ; tibia and tarsus scaly ; tibia slightly curved. Tarsus not more than one third of 
the length of the tibia, elongate-ovate, exarticulate. Fore legs of the female considerably 
larger ; the femur and tibia similarly clothed ; tarsus scaly, more than two thirds of the 
length of the tibia, distinctly articulated, the basal joint occupying nearly three fourths of 
the whole tarsus, with two strong spurs at its tip beneath : second, third, and fourth joints 
very short, obliquely truncate, spined beneath at the tip ; fifth joint minute, but with 
similar spines. 
