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CATALOGUE OF 
interior angle ; costa black -marked ; exterior border straight, rather 
oblique. Hind wings with two nearly straight very oblique ferrugi- 
nous lines, which do not correspond with those of the fore wings. 
Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 
a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
Omiza Alexonaria. 
Mas. Saturate miniata , subtus cervina ; vertex el thorax anticus 
cinerei ; alee nigra subconspersa , lineis duabus nigricantibus 
dijfusis indistinctis subarcuatis ; anticce acuta , apud costam 
purpurascente-cinerea , tinea 3 a flexa , margine exteriore con- 
vex o. 
Male. Deep red lead-colour, fawn-colour beneath. Antennae 
moderately pectinated almost to the tips. Vertex and fore part of 
the thorax dark cinereous. Wings minutely speckled with black ; 
two diffuse indistinct slightly curved blackish lines. Fore wings 
acute, tinged with purplish cinereous along the costa; a bent more 
exterior line like the other two in appearance; exterior border con- 
vex, less oblique than that of the typical species. Length of the 
body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 
a, b' From Mr. Milne’s collection. 
Genus LYCES. 
Alas. Corpus robustum. Frons plana. Proboscis valida. 
Palpi porrecti, robusti, brevissimi ; articulus 3us minimus. An- 
tennae breves, lalissime pectinatae, apice sitnplices. Abdomen alas 
posticas superans. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae anticae breves, fascicu- 
latae ; posticae non incrassatae. Alae amplae; anticae apice rectan- 
gulatae, margine exteriore angulato postice subconcavo; posticae 
margine exteriore convexo. 
Male. Body robust. Front not prominent. Proboscis ro- 
bust. Palpi porrect, stout, very short ; third joint extremely 
minute. Antennae short, plumose or very broadly pectinated, 
simple for nearly one-third of the length from the tips; branches 
slender, pubescent. Legs moderately stout; fore tibiae short, 
tufted ; hind tibiae not incrassated. Wings ample. Fore wings 
elongated, rectangular at the tips ; exterior border forming an ob- 
tuse angle at less than one-third of its length from the tip ; the 
