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CATALOGUE OF 
Genus CERYNEA. 
Mas . Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, valde 
deviae ; articulus 2us pilis squamosis dense vestitus ; 3us conicus, 
parvus. Antennae subpubescentes. Abdomen alas posticas supe- 
rans. Alae anticae acutae, margine exteriore subconvexo. 
Male. Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi short, much 
diverging ; second joint densely clothed with short squamous hairs ; 
third conical, minute. Antennae very minutely pubescent. Abdo- 
men extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings moderately 
broad. Fore wings acute ; exterior border slightly convex, mode- 
rately oblique. 
This genus, of which C. Omphisalis is the type, may be at once 
distinguished by the peculiar structure of the palpi. 
1. Cerynea Omphisalis. 
Mas. Pallide testaceo-cinerea ; palpi nigricante-fusci ; thorax 
squamosus ; alee rufo nigroque subconspersce , punctis submar- 
ginalibus nigris ; anticce acutce , lineis exteriore et submar- 
ginali albidis indistinctis , hac undulata , striga apicali nigri - 
cante obliqua informi , reniformi e punctis duobus nigris ; pos- 
ticce fascia lata dentata albida. 
Male. Pale cinereous, with a slight testaceous tinge above, 
darker beneath. Palpi blackish brown, diverging almost directly 
from the head. Thorax squamous. Wings slightly and minutely 
speckled with red and with black; submarginal points black. Fore 
wings acute; exterior and submarginal lines whitish, indistinct; 
the latter undulating, interrupted by a blackish diffuse irregular 
streak, which extends from the tip of the wing to the exterior line ; 
reniform mark indicated by two black points. Hind wings with a 
broad dentate whitish band. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 
wings 10 lines. 
/Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
2. Cerynea Laufellalis. 
Mas. Cinereo-fusca , gracilis ; palpi subascendentes , non longce , 
dense fasciculatce , quasi capitatce ; antennee pubescentes ; ab- 
domen alas posticas non superans ; femora subfimbriatce ; pedes 
