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47. DARISTANE TIBIARIA, n. s. _Mas._ Cinerea, nitens, alis nigro
conspersis, fascia media rufescente non bene determinata, anticis costa
albida nigro punctata.
_Male._ Cinereous, shining, a little paler beneath. Wings speckled with
black; an indistinct oblique reddish middle band; costa of the fore
wings whitish, with black points. Length of the body 5 lines; of the
wings 12 lines.
Fam. PALYADAE, _Guenee_.
Gen. EUMELEA, _Duncan_.
48. Eumelea Rosaliata, _Cram. Pap. Exot._ iv. 152, pl. 368. f. F.
(Phalaena Geometra Rosalia.)
Inhabits also Amboyna.
Fam. EPHYRIDAE, _Guenee_.
Gen. EPHYRA, _Duponchel_.
49. EPHYRA QUADRISTRIARIA, n. s. _Foem._ Rufescens, subtus flava, alis
flavis rufescente conspersis, fascia exteriore perobliqua rufescente,
anticis acutis, lituris duabus costalibus obliquis fuscis.
_Female._ Reddish, yellow beneath. Proboscis short. Palpi short,
slightly ascending; third joint linear, obtuse, a little shorter than
the second. Antennae short, stout, setaceous. Abdomen not extending
beyond the hind wings. Legs bare, rather long and slender; spurs long.
Wings yellow, with reddish speckles, and with a straight reddish band,
which extends from beyond the middle of the interior border of the hind
wings to the tips of the fore wings. Fore wings acute, with two oblique
brown costal marks; exterior border rather oblique. Length of the body 4
lines; of the wings 12 lines.
Gen. ANISODES, _Guenee_.
50. ANISODES EXPUNCTARIA, n. s. _Foem._ Luteo-cervina, palpis longis
angulatis, antennis breviusculis, alis ferrugineo subconspersis, linea
media fusca undulata valde indistincta, lineis interiore et exteriore e
punctis nigris, punctis marginalibus nigris.
_Female._ Pale luteous fawn colour. Proboscis short. Palpi long,
slightly decumbent; third joint a little shorter than the second, with
which it forms an obtuse angle. Antennae simple, short. Wings minutely
and indistinctly sprinkled with ferruginous; a brown, diffuse,
undulating, very indistinct middle line, which is obsolete in the hind
wings; interior and exterior lines indicated by widely separated black
points; marginal points black. Fore wings rectangular at the tips;
exterior border slightly oblique. Length of the body 6 lines; of the
wings 8 lines.
Fam. ACIDALIDAE, _Guenee_.
Gen. SYNEGIA, _Guenee_.
51. Synegia botydaria, _Guen. Uran. et Phal._ i. 423. 694.
Inhabits also Borneo.
Gen. DRAPETODES, _Guenee_.
52. Drapetodes mitaria, _Guen. Uran. et Phal._ i. 424. 695.
Inhabits also Hindostan.
Gen. TIMANDRA, _Duponchel_.
53. TIMANDRA AJAIA, n. s. _Mas._ Glaucescenti-cinerea; antennis setosis,
alis linea perobliqua fusca antice abbreviata, linea marginali nigra,
anticis valde acutis, reniformi tenui fusca.
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