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:tEPIDol'TEl1.4. BBTEKOCEBA. 69<br />
56. NEPUOPTnRYX SIONIFERA.<br />
Mas. Pallido cinerco-cervina, robllsto.; llalpi IUcendmte" arcuat"<br />
articulo 30 lanceolalo; antel'l.nre subprlbescentes, baH ineflU<br />
.atee; pedes 'IIalidi, tibiis poslicis subjimbriatis; aire antiere<br />
.ubactlleB, costa intmore albida, jlUcia cllIteriore lata pallide<br />
ceruina striga,n 'IIigram arcllatam incllldente, linea submarginali<br />
areuata pallide cinerea, pllnctis marginalibll8 nigm,<br />
costa interiore incraB8ata; po,tictJ! pallide ci1terell, Bub/&yalincs,<br />
COlta JUBcllcente.<br />
Male. Pulo cinereous fawn-colour, stout. Palpi ascending,<br />
ourved over the front, not rising higller than the vertex; third .faint<br />
lanoeoluto, mh.lutc, not more than one-foul'tb of tbe length of the<br />
seoond. Antennl8 JDillutely pubosoent, inorassated at the base.<br />
Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout;<br />
llind tibim slightly fringed. Wings elongate, rather narrow. ,Fore<br />
wings slightly aeute, whiti~h ulong tbe illterior part of the costa; a<br />
broad palo fawn-coloured exterior baDd, which contains l\ outved<br />
black diseal streak i submarginal line pale cinereou9, curved outward;<br />
marginal poillts blaok j intorior part of tho costa incl'8sssted,<br />
containing a tuft of long hairs; exterior border sligbtly convex,<br />
moderately oblique. Hind wings pulo cinereouIJ, sligbtly hyaline,<br />
brownish along tho oosta. Length or the body 5, lines i of the<br />
wings 12 lilies.<br />
SarlLwak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' oollectioD.<br />
57. NEPIIOPTEIl.YX INDEOlSA.<br />
Fmm. PaUMa cinerea: fJalpi ol'Pcti, Bubarc'Uati, vertie,m per.<br />
paullo ,ullcrantes, articulo 30 10llgi-cotlicq i alm antietS sub<br />
GeuteB, nigra 1111) parte cllnspror'tB, ealtus jerruginell, linea medio<br />
nigra; po,'ictlI cincreaJ, .ubhyalinaJ.<br />
Female. Pule cinoroou8, slightly brownish beneath. Palpi<br />
orect, slightly ourvod, rislllg vory liltlo higber than the vertex l<br />
tbird joint olongatc-colliol~l, less tban balf tbo length of the seoond.<br />
Abdomen hardly exumding beyond tbo bind wings. Wings elongate,<br />
rather DIll'row. )!'III'e wings "lightly ncute, mostly ferruginous<br />
exteriorly, with II fow bluck speckles towards the base, and with a.<br />
black tl'ansvel'se middlo line; eXlerior part with 'Ol'y few black<br />
speckles i exterior bOl'dol' slightly convex, father oblique, Hind<br />
wings oillereouB, slightly llYlllino, wiLh au moeons Llnge. Length<br />
of tho body 4. linus; of' tbe wings 10 lines.<br />
SlIrnwak, Borneo. III Mr. Saunders' colleotion.