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CATALOGUE OF 
49. Nephopteryx ? Acisalis. 
Mas. Fusca , N. Etolusali affinis ; palpi por recti ; alee antic ce 
lineis nigris punctulan bus cinereo marginatis , linea. marginali 
interrupta , reniformi cinerea strigam nigram includente . 
Male . Brown, brownish cinereous beneath, in structure like 
N. Etolusalis and N. Cyllusalis, excepting: the exterior border of 
the fore wings, which is hardly oblique in the fore part. Palpi por- 
rect. Fore wings with black irregular cinereous-bordered lines, 
which are partly composed of black points ; marginal line inter- 
rupted ; reniform mark cinereous, including a black streak. Hind 
wings as dark as the fore wings. Length of the body \\ lines ; of 
the wings 9 lines. 
a. Ceylon. From M. Neitner’s collection. 
50. Nephopteryx? Argiadesalts. 
Mas. Fusca, N. Acisali affinis; alee antic ce cano tine tee, lineis 
punctularibus plagaque postica nigris. 
Male. Brown, brownish cinereous beneath, in structure like 
N. Acisalis. Fore wings tinged with hoary, more especially along 
the black lines, which are much like those of N. Acisalis ; a black 
patch by the interior border at a little before the middle. Hind 
wings brown. This may be a variety of N. Acisalis, but the latter 
species has no trace of the patch. Length of the body 4 lines ; of 
the wings 10 lines. 
Ceylon. In Mr. Layard’s collection. 
51. Nephopteryx? jEolusalis. 
Fcem. Cana ; caput et thorax anticus nigro-fusca ; palpi por - 
recti , articulo 3 o conico ; abdomen fuscescente-cinereum ; alee 
anticee apice rotundatee , lineis fuscis denticulatis subobsoletis , 
spatio exteriore fusco, linea submarginali cana denticulata, 
lunulis marginalibus obscure fuscis cano marginatis , margine 
exteriore perobliquo. 
Female . Hoary. Head and fore part of the thorax blackish 
brown. Palpi porrect ; third joint conical, not more than one-third 
of the length of the second. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 
brownish -cinereous. Fore wings with indistinct traces of denticu- 
lated brown lines ; exterior part mostly brown ; submarginal line 
hoary, denticulated ; marginal lunules dark brown, hoary-bordered ; 
