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CATALOGUE OF 
with minute and indistinct transverse brown streaks, and with a few 
black scales; a brown subcostal stripe, limited in front by an 
irregular black line, the latter bordered in front by an irregular 
hoary line ; marginal line brown, zigzag, here and there black ; 
costa slightly convex, with black points ; exterior border straight, 
slightly oblique. Hind wings brown; fringe dark cinereous. 
Length of the body 4f lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 
a — c. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 
50. SciAPHTLA? STOLIDANA. 
Fcetn. Fuscescente-cinerea ; ala elongata , sat angusta , subacuta ; 
antica fusco conspersa , spatio medio obliquo fuscescente. 
Female. Brownish cinereous, paler beneath. Abdomen ex- 
tending beyond the hind wings. Wings elongate, rather narrow, 
slightly acute. Fore wings speckled with brown and more thinly 
with black; middle part broadly and obliquely shaded with brown ; 
costa and exterior border slightly convex, the latter very oblique. 
Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society’s collection. 
51. SCIAPHILA MESOMELANA. 
Mas. Argenieo-albida ; caput et thorax fusca ; ala antica sat 
angusta , apire rotunda tee , cinereo snbnebulosa , nigro subcon - 
spersce , fasciis tribus fuscis nigro notatis , la basali, fimbria 
fusca ; posticce fuscescente-cinerea . 
Male. Silvery whitish, mostly cinereous beneath. Head and 
thorax brown. Fore wings rather narrow, rounded at the tips, 
slightly clouded with cinereous and speckled with black, with three 
brown irregular black-marked bands; first band basal; second 
middle; third extending from four-fifths of the length of the costa 
to the interior angle ; fringe brown ; costa straight ; exterior border 
hardly convex, slightly oblique; under side brownish. Hind wings 
brownish cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 
8 lines. 
a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society’s collection. 
