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1754 
CATALOGUE OF 
acuminated at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior border ; 
second inferior vein full six times further from the third than from 
the first. 
1. Pydna testacea. 
Mas. Testacea ; caput supra album , bifasciculatum ; palpi 
albidi , supra fusel ; abdomen subtus album , lateribus fusees - 
centibus ; alee pallide cervince , subtus albidee , anticce apud 
marginem posticum Jiavescentes. 
Male. Testaceous. Head white above, with a tuft at the 
base of each ani^nna. Palpi whitish, brown above, except towards 
the tips. Abdomefr^Jn’ownish along each side, white beneath. 
Wings pale fawn-colour/whitish beneath. Fore wings slightly yel- 
lowish hindward, white about the exterior border. Length of the 
body 10 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 
Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Genus BIRETA. 
Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 
validi, pilosi, porrecti, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us brevi- 
conicus. Antennae mediocriter pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas 
paullo superans. Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae postieae calcaribus 
quatuor longis. Alae latiusculae ; antica? apud eostam subconvexae, 
apice acurninatae, margine exteriore recto sat obliquo. 
Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis not visible. . Palpi 
stout, pilose, porrect, extending a little beyond the head ; third joint 
short-conical, not one-fourth of the length of the second. Antenna? 
moderately pectinated, longer than the thorax. Abdomen extend- 
ing a little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, pilose ; hind tibiae 
with four long spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore wings very 
slightly convex in front, acuminated at the tips, straight and rather 
oblique along the exterior border ; second inferior vein nearer to 
the first than to the third. 
1. Bireta longivitta. 
Mas. Testacea; caput et thorax anticus fiilva ; palpi supra fus- 
cescentes ; abdomen supra fuscescens vittis duabus interruptis 
obscurioribus ; alee anticee vitta discali subarcuata fasciisque 
tribus perobliquis guttularibus fulvis ; posticee supra pallidis- 
sime fuscce. 
