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CATALOGUE OP 
lanceolatus, gracilis, ascendens, 2i dimidio vix longior. Antennas 
graciles, breviusculae, subpubescentes. Abdomen alas posticas vix 
superans. Pedes glabri, vix robusti ; calcaria longissima. Alae 
antic® apice rectangulatae, costa perparum convexa, margine exte- 
tiore sat obliquo. 
Male. Body rather stont. Proboscis distinct. Palpi long, 
compressed ; second joint porrect, broad, pilose, longer than the 
breadth of the head ; third lanceolate, slender, ascending, hardly 
more than half the length of the second, with which it forms an ob- 
tuse angle. Antennae slender, rather short, very minutely pubescent. 
Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, 
hardly stout; spurs very long. Wings moderately broad. Fore 
wings rectangular at the tips ; costa very slightly convex ; exterior 
border rather oblique. 
L. Novatusalis is the type of this genus, which has much re- 
semblance to Rivula , even in the colour and the markings of the 
wings, but may be distinguished by the structure of the palpi. 
1. Luceria Novatusalis. 
Mas. Teslaceo-Jlava ; palpi ex tus apiceque fusci ; abdomen pal- 
lide cinereum ; alee anticce fusco snbeonspersce , gutta basali 
nigra , macula discali nigra albo punctata , linea lenui recta 
obliqua nigricanle ; punctis rnarginalibus nigris ; posticee 
albido-cinerece , linea marginali tenui patlide fusca. 
Male . Testaceous-yellow, cinereous beneath. Second joint of 
the palpi brown on the outer side; third joint brown. Abdomen 
pale cinereous. Fore wings slightly and minutely speckled or 
tinged with brown, most so along the exterior border ; a black basal 
dot and a black white-pointed discal spot, the latter near the inner 
side of a slight straight oblique blackish line; marginal points 
black. Hind wings whitish-cinereous ; marginal line slender, pale 
brown. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 
2. Luceria Opiliusalis. 
Foem. Albido-cinerea, gracilis ; palpi longiusculi,angulati, nigri- 
cante varii , articulo 2 o porrecto lato Jimbriato , So lanceolato 
gracili ascendente ; abdomen alas posticas paullo superans; 
alee sat angustee ; anticce fuscescente subconspersee , puncto 
