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CATALOGUE OP 
Male. Brown, much paler beneath. Palpi curved over the 
vertex ; first joint moderately long ; second stout ; third lanceolate, 
about half the length of the second and much more slender. An- 
tennae stout, minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending a little 
beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; spurs very long; fore tibiae 
very short. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; exterior border hardly 
oblique; middle line testaceous, slightly undulating; submarginal 
points testaceous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 
lines. 
Ceylon. In Mr. Layard’s collection. 
48. Myelois? basifuscalis. 
Fcem. Cinerea ; palpi porrecti , capitis latitudine breviores, arti - 
culo 3o lanceolato ; alee antic ce triente basali fuscescente, lineis 
duabus pallidis ex parte nigro marginatis , la undulata , 2 a 
denticulata , punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticce reniformi 
parva maculisque duabus discalibus nigricantibus. 
Female . Cinereous. Palpi porrect, not so long as the breadth 
of the head ; third joint lanceolate, shorter and more slender than 
the second. Antennae much more than half the length of the body. 
Abdomen elongate-conical, extending a little beyond the hind 
wings. Wings brownish for nearly one-third of the length from the 
base, this hue bounded by a pale undulating partly black-bordered 
line; exterior line pale denticulated, partly black-bordered ; reni- 
form mark of the fore wings small, blackish ; two blackish spots on 
the inner side of the exterior line in the fore wings ; marginal 
points black. Length of the body 3— 3£ lines ; of the wings 7 — 8 
lines. 
Ceylon. In Mr. Layard’s collection. 
Genus 13. TRACHONITIS. 
Trachonitis, Zl. — Nephopteryx, Hb. 
Europe. 
1. Trachonitis cristella. 
cristella, Hb. — christella, Fr. 
a . Europe. From M. Becker’s collection. 
b. Italy. From Dr. Leach’s collection. 
2. Trachonitis amcenella. 
amoenella, Zl. 
