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CATALOGUE OF 
3. PlNDICITOEA ACREONALIS. 
Mas et fcem. Cinereo-fmca ; alee anticce lineis duabus cinereis 
diffusis undulatis , 1 a media , 2 a submarginali , reniformi 
parva cinerea ; posticee pallide cinerece. 
Male and female . Cinereous-brown. Abdomen, hind wings 
and under side pale cinereous. Fore wings with two more or less 
diffuse undulating cinereous lines, one in the middle, tlie other sub- 
marginal; reniform mark small, cinereous. Length of the body 
3 ^ — \\ lines ; of the wings 9—12 lines. 
Ceylon. In Mr. Layard’s collection. 
4. PlNDICITOEA? ANNUSALIS. 
Mas. Cinerea; palpi fusci, por recti , apice cinerei ; antenncelate 
pectinatee ; pedes anteriores fusci ; alee anticce fusco con- 
spersee , apice rotundatce , margine exteriore perobliqno. 
Male . Cinereous. Palpi porrect, brown, cinereous towards 
the tips ; third joint acute, not more than one -third of the length of 
the second. Antennae broadly pectinated. Abdomen extending a 
little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft rather long. Anterior legs 
brown. Fore wings speckled with brown ; costa convex ; tips 
rounded ; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings with the inte- 
rior border broadly fringed. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 
wings 8 lines. 
Ceylon. In Mr. Layard’s collection. 
Genus 89. MELITARA* 
Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi maxil- 
lares breves, decumbentes. Palpi labiales validi, porrecti, pilosi, 
longiusculi, articulo 3o brevi. Antennae vix pectiualae. Abdomen 
alas posticas paullo superans, fasciculo apicali subquadrato. Pedes 
validi, longiusculi, subpilosi; tibiae posticae quadricalcaratae. Alae 
anticae angustae, apice rotundatae. Fccm . — Antennae glabrae, gra- 
cillimae. 
Male. Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Maxillary palpi 
short, declining. Labial palpi stout, porrect, pilose, as long as the 
breadth of the head ; third joint short. Antennae hardly pectinated. 
Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 
