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CATALOGUE OF 
Genus 47. HOMONA. 
Mas, Corpus rob us turn. Proboscis brevis. Palpi laeves, sat 
graciles, oblique ascendentes, verticera non superantes ; arliculus 
3us conicus, minimus. Antennae subsetulosae. Abdomen alas pos- 
ticas paullo superans ; fasciculus apicalis magnus. Pedes robusti ; 
tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor robustis. Alas anticae latae, apice 
rectangulatae, costa subconvexa basi quasi infiata, margine interiore 
basi dilatato squamoso. 
Male. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi smooth, rather 
slender, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; third 
joint conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. 
Antennae very minutely setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond 
the hind wings ; apical tuft, large, diverging. Legs stout ; hind 
tibiae with four stout spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore wings 
rectangular at the tips ; costa slightly convex, with a pouch near 
the base; exterior border convex and oblique hindward ; interior 
border dilated and squamous towards the base. 
1. Homona fasciculana. 
Mas. Cervina ; alee anticce striga exteriore postica obliqua obscu- 
riore cinereo marginata , striga interiore costali brevi lata 
obliqua. postice atra , striga exteriore costali obscuriore ferru - 
gineo marginata. 
Male. Fawn-colour. Abdomen, hind wings and under side a 
little paler. Fore wings with an oblique darker streak, which widens 
from the disk to the apical part of the interior border, and is bor- 
dered with cinereous ; covering of the pouch darker; a darker streak 
widening from the middle of the costa to the tip, and bordered with 
ferruginous ; a short broad oblique streak between the first streak 
and the pouch, deep black hindward. Length of the body 3^ lines ; 
of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 
Genus 48. BHOBONDA. 
Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 
porrecti, lanceolati, capitis latitudine non breviores ; articulus 3us 
couicus, parvus. Antennae pectinatae, ramulis crassis squainosis 
