LEPIDQPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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tips rounded ; exterior border very oblique. Length of the body 
lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 
Ceylon c In Mr. Layard's collection. 
52. Nephopteryx? mundellalis. 
Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea , sat gracilis ; fasciculus frontalis sub - 
procluctus ; proboscis nulla ; palpi robusti , oblique ascendentes , 
verticem non superanles ; antennae basi incrassatce ; aloe an- 
tic ae angustae , apice rotundatae , fascia media spatioque margi- 
nali fuscis lineas duas cinereas includentibus , punctis margi- 
nalibus nigris ; posticce linea subtus fusca submarginali 
indistincta. 
Male. Brownish cinereous, rather slender. Frontal tuft 
slightly prominent. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi robust, obliquely 
ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint extremely 
minute. Antennae smooth, rather stout ; first and second joints 
incrassated. Abdomen tapering, extending much beyond the hind 
wings ; apical tuft very small. Fore wings narrow, rounded at the 
tips; middle band dark brown, including a cinereous angular line ; 
marginal space dark brown, enclosing the cinereous denticulated 
submarginal line; marginal points black. Hind wings shining; 
under side with an indistinct brown submarginal line. Length of 
the body 5 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 
a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 
Australasia. 
53. Nephopteryx mundalis. 
Foem. Fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi subarcuati , oblique ascendentes , 
verticem non superantes , articulo 3o lanceolato ; aloe anticce 
angustae , apice subrotundatae , lineis duabus e guttis quatuor 
nigricantibus , linea submarginali cinerea subrecta , punctis 
marginalibus nigris ; posticce albidce , semihyalince . 
Female . Brownish cinereous. Palpi slightly curved, obliquely 
ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, 
more than half the length of the second. Abdomen tapering, ex- 
tending a little beyond the hind wings ; oviduct exserted. Fore 
wings narrow, slightly rounded at the lips, with two transverse 
lines, each of which is hardly visible, with the exception of two 
diffuse blackish dots ; submarginal line cinereous, nearly straight ; 
