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CATALOGUE OF 
Male and female. Body stout, smooth. Proboscis short. Palpi 
slender, smooth, porrect, extending- very little beyond the head; 
third joint linear, as long as the second. Antennae slightly pec- 
tinated in the male, minutely setulose in the female. Thorax 
squamous; tegulae short. Abdomen nearly linear, not extending 
beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather short and stout; hind 
tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore wings much 
rounded at the tips; costa and exterior border very convex, the 
former dilated ; subcostal vein emitting six oblique well-defined 
veinlets to the costa ; two inferior veins. 
Mas et fcem. Purpurascente-schistacea ; alee anticce linea interiore 
fusca diffusa angulosa indistincta , gutta disrali rufeseente 
nigro notata , linea submarginali nigra diffusa arcuata ; 
posticce mavis flavescente-albce, fcem. albido-cinerece . 
Male and female. Purplish slaty. Abdomen and hind wings 
yellowish white in the male, whitish cinereous in the female. Fore 
wings with a brown diffuse zigzag interior line, which is indistinct 
in the female and nearly obsolete in the male; a reddish black- 
marked dot in the exterior disk; a black diffuse curved submarginal 
line; a chalybeous tinge between this line and the exterior border. 
Length of the body 3 — 4 lines ; of the wings 8 — 12 lines. 
Borneo. 
a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 
b. Ceylon. From M. Nietner’s collection. 
Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi por- 
recti, laeves, graciles, brevissimi. Abdomen alas posticas perpaullo 
superans. Pedes laeves, caicaribus longis. Alae antica? breviusculae, 
laliusculae, apice rotundatae, costa basi convexa pubescente. 
Female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis short. Palpi 
smooth, slender, porrect, very short, not extending beyond the head. 
Antennae smooth. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind 
wings. Legs smooth, moderately long and slender ; hind tibiae 
with four long spurs. Wings rather broad and short. Fore wings 
rounded at the tips; costa pubescent and convex towards the base; 
exterior border slightly convex and oblique. 
Type, T. nulliferana . 
1. Hem0nia orbiferana. 
Genus 50. TOSPITIS. 
