LEPIDOi»TERA HETEROCERA. 
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56. Nephopteryx signifera. 
Mas. Pallide cinerco-cervina , robusta ; palpi ascendentes , arcuati , 
articulo 3 o lanceolato ; antennae subpubescentes , basi incras- 
satae ; pedes validi , tibiis posticis subjimbriatis ; alee anticce 
subacutae , costa interiore albida , fascia exteriove lata pallide 
cervina strigam nigram arcuatam includente , /iwca submar- 
ginali arcuata pallide cinerea , punctis marginalibus nigris , 
costa interiore incrassata ; postica pallide cinerece , subhyalinae , 
costa fuscescente. 
Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour, stout. Palpi ascending, 
curved over the front, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint 
lanceolate, minute, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 
second. Antenna? minutely pubescent, incrassated at the base. 
Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; 
hind tibiae slightly fringed. Wings elongate, rather narrow. Fore 
wings slightly acute, whitish along the interior part of the costa ; a 
broad pale fawn-coloured exterior band, which contains a curved 
black discal streak ; submarginal line pale cinereous, curved out- 
ward ; marginal points black ; interior part of the costa incrassated, 
containing a tuft of long hairs ; exterior border slightly convex, 
moderately oblique. Hind wings pale cinereous, slightly hyaline, 
brownish along the costa. Length of the body 5£ lines ; of the 
wings 12 lines. 
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
57. Nephopteryx indecisa. 
Fcem. Pallide cinerea ; palpi erecti , subarcuati , verticem per - 
paullo superantes , articulo So longi-conico ; aloe anticce sub - 
acutce , nigro ex parte conspersae , extus ferrugineae, linea media 
nigra ; posticce cinerece , subhyalinae . 
Female. Pale cinereous, slightly brownish beneath. Palpi 
erect, slightly curved, rising very little higher than the vertex ; 
third joint elongate-conical, less than half the length of the second. 
Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Wings elon- 
gate, rather narrow. Fore wings slightly acute, mostly ferruginous 
exteriorly, with a few black speckles towards the base, and with a 
black transverse middle line ; exterior part with very few black 
speckles ; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind 
wings cinereous, slightly hyaline, with an a?neous tinge. Length 
of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
