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short. Antennae serrated. Abdomen pale ocliraceous, lanceolate, 

 extending for more than half its length beyond the hind wings; 

 apical tuft very small. Wings long, narrow, transversely speckled 

 with brown. Fore wings acute, subfalcate, with four transverse 

 irregular brown lines, which converge towards the interior border, 

 two whitish costal patches, and an exterior whitish costal luuule, 

 tlie 2nd patch much smaller than the 1st; exterior border slightly 

 excavated. Hind wings ocliraceous, with a blackish patch at 

 the base, and with three oblique curved reddish lines in the disk; 

 middle line much shorter than the others; speckles about the 

 lines reddish. Wings beneath with nearly similar markings. 

 Length of the l^ody 20 lines; of the wings 48 lines. 



3. Basiana suffusa. Fcem. Cervina; antennis serratis; pedibus 

 nigro spinlulosis; alis lineis duabus fuscis postmediis obliquis 

 anwulosis indeterminatis; alis anticis falcatis cinereo suffusis, 

 annulo discoidali fusco indeterminato. 



Female. FaAvn colour. Proboscis very short. Palpi very broad 

 and short, obliquely ascending, 3rd joint very minute. Antennte 

 serrated. Al^domen extending much beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs beset with minute black spines; fore tibiae slightly dilated, 

 excavated beneath; hind tibiae Avith four slender spines. Wings 

 with two brown postm-edial oblique indistinct zig-zag lines. Fore 

 -wings falcate, partly suffused with cinereous; an indistinct brown 

 ringlet at the end of the areolet. Length of the body 12 lines; 

 of the wings 33 lines. 



Nearly allied to B. submarginalis. 



4. EUSEMIA PARDALINA. Mcis. Nigra; capite palpis thorace pedi- 

 busque albo punctatis, abdominis segmentis tarsisque luteo 

 fasciatis; alis anticis luteo pallido sexmaculatis atomis chalybojis 

 acervatim conspersis, fimbria apiculi alba; alis posticis luteis nigro 

 late marginatis, fimbria apicali pallide lutea. 



Male. Black. Head, palpi, and thorax with some white points. 

 Abdomen with a luteous band on the hind border of each seg- 

 ment, and with a luteous apical tuft. Femora, tibise and joints of the 

 tarsi with white tips; tarsi with a broad luteous band. Fore wings 

 witlrsix large pale luteous spots, of which the sixth is transverse 

 and nearer the tip, and much longer than the others; a few small 

 clusters of chalybeous speckles between the spots; fringe white 



