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CATALOGUE OF 
border slightly excavated in front; fringe cinereous. Length of the 
body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 
Var. Fore wings with the brown, chalybeous and ochraceous 
markings obliterated. 
Fcem. Fusca , robusta ; fasciculus frontalis productus ; palpi 
porrecti , sat validi, caput paullo superantes , articulo So longi - 
conico ; thorax nigro bifasciatus , postice testaceo-cinereas ; 
abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; alee anticce cinereo , 
nigro conspersce , apice subrotundatce , spatio costali nigricante- 
cinereo , spatio basali testaceo -cinereo, spatio marginali fusco 
interlineato , lineis quinque punctularibus nigris, fascia nigri - 
cante-cinereo ; posticce basi cinerece. 
Female . Brown, stout, brownish cinereous beneath. Frontal 
tuft prominent. Palpi porrect, rather stout, extending a little 
beyond the bead ; third joint elongate-conical, about one-fourth of 
the length of the second. Antennas slender. Thorax testaceous- 
cinereous except in front, with two black bands. Abdomen ex- 
tending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings narrow, 
cinereous, black-speckled, slightly rounded at the tips; costal space 
blackish cinereous; marginal space brown, interlined with cinereous ; 
basal part testaceous-cinereous; five slight irregular black lines, 
mostly composed of points; second and third lines including a 
blackish cinereous band. Hind wings cinereous towards the base. 
Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 
a — c. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 
Fcem. Cana , crassa ; palpi oblique ascendentes , verticem non 
superantes , articulo So longi-conico ; thoracis tegulce apice 
chalybceo nigricantes ; alee anticce angustce , testaceo cance , 
nigro conspersce , apice rotundatce , lineis nonnullis dentatis 
nigricantibus aut ferrugineis , fascia interiore latissima 
plagaque apud angulum interiorem chalgbco-nigricantibus , 
linea, submarginali denticulata cinerea , litura discali obliqua 
lunulisque marginalibus nigricantibus ; posticce ceneo- cinerece, 
vix hyalinee. 
Female . Hoary, very robust. Palpi obliquely ascending, not 
rising higher than the vertex; third joint elongate-conical, less than 
13. GVBTONA STRENUAL1S. 
14. Gyrtona thoracia. 
