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Wings with two denticulaterl fawn-coloured lines; fringe with dark
brown dots. Fore wings with a few blaok speckles alld with black
m8.l·ginallunules. Hind wings brownish cinel'eous; liues brown.
Lenglh of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines.
Sarawak, Borneo. III Mr. Saunders' collection.
Gonus '79. HAMAXIA.
Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis conspicuR. Palpi grueiles,
Ilreuati, lsneeolati, oblique ascenrlelltes, vertieem 101111'0 sUflerantes
j Il.l'ticulus 2us Bubfimbl'illtus; aus lIelitus, 2n breviar. Antenure
subsetuillsm. Abdomen alas lloaticus supcl'an~, Illliuem
versus 8ubcompres~lIm; fasciculus apiea is minimus, 'Pedes IUVC8,
gl'aoiles, longiuseuli; tibim nntel'iorcs breves, \,ulidi, fimbl'iatm; libiw
posticre ealcaribllB liUllbus interiorihns IOllllissimis. Aim ontiooo
suhelongatlll, subfa1catm, costa perparum eonvexa, murgine ell.teriore
augulato.
Male. Body ratber slell(ler. Probollois dIstinct. Palpi long,
slender, curved, Ill.nceulutt', obliqucly IIsoending. rising mlloh higber
than the verLex; second joint slightly fringed; thh'd lIellto, shUl'ter
than the second. Antemlle v£'ry minutely sctulose. AI)fiomen extending
ro ther beyond Lhe hind wings, sligbtly COlli pres~('d towurds
the tip; opioal tuft very small. LegR Bmootb, 61endel', rllther )ong;
nnteriol' tibial short, stout, fringed; bind tibire with tho Drst pllir 01'
SPUTS very long. Wings slightly elongated, moderlltely hruml.
Fore wings acute aod subfalellte; costn very slighLly convex; I!xterior
border forming an acute angle in the middle, Oonoave ill irollt,
very oblique hilldward,
1. HAMAXlA LXGNULI'NA.
Mas, PalUdi88ime lignicolor; aitS aplld margine, ftl"cescmte
subeonspet's(ll, pUlleds marginalibui ni!Jfi8; antietc 'IIitta d~ftUBa
angnlata pall ide fusca.
Male. Vel'y pale wood-colour, Wings sligbtly speeldc(l with
pale broWII about the bDrders; mlll'gina! points bluck, Wings lVilh·
a dUIuse oblusely angulol' pl\le brown stl'ips, wbieh extends from
rather before the middle of the oosta to the middle of Ihe exteriur
border. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines.
(1,. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton.