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CATALOGUE OF 
ticas non superans ; tibia intermedia latiuscula t antica Jim - 
briatce ; alee latiusculce , lineis (juatuor albulo-cinereis non 
conspersis , linea exteriore undulata , Zircca submarginali denti- 
culata , lunulis marginalibus nigricantibus ; anticce acuta } 
margine exteriore vix Jlexo , reniformi magna annuliforrni. 
Female . Whitish cinereous, stout, very minutely rosy-speckled. 
Palpi long, compressed, slightly curved, obliquely ascending ; 
second joint broad, fringed ; third very slender, a little shorter than 
the second. Antennae slender. Abdomen not extending beyond 
the hind wings, with slight diffuse ochraceous bands. Legs 
smooth ; middle tibiae rather broad ; fore tibiae fringed. Wings 
rather broad ; basal, interior, exterior and submarginal lines 
whitish cinereous, not speckled ; exterior line undulating ; submar- 
ginal line somewhat denticulated ; marginal lunules blackish. 
Fore wings acute; exterior border hardly bent; reniform mark 
large, like the lines in hue, of the normal shape. Length of the 
body 3J lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
This and the following species differ much from the typical 
form of Bleptina and from each other, and may be separated from 
that genus. 
a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 
Bleptina Spacoalis. 
Mas. Cinereo-fusca , valida ; fasciculus frontalis porrectus ; palpi 
longi , compressi , subjimbriati , subarcuati , ascendentes ; an- 
tenna setosa ; abdomen alas posticas non superans ; ala pur- 
purascente tincta ; antica acuta , lineis albis obliquis , linea 
interiore subrecta , linea exteriore undulata costam versus dila- 
tata ; postica linea exteriore subrecta. 
Male. Cinereous-brown, moderately stout, cinereous beneath. 
Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi long, compressed, slightly fringed, 
very slightly curved, rising high above the vertex; third joint 
a little more than half the length of the second. Antennae setose. 
Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth. 
Wings moderately broad, purplish-tinged. Fore wings acute ; lines 
white, oblique ; interior line nearly straight ; exterior line undu- 
lating, dilated towards the costa. Hind wings with the exterior 
line nearly straight. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 
12 lines. 
a. North China. From Mr. Fortune’s collection. 
