3G4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



fasciis tri1)us Jiffusis ferrugineis, lincis cluabis transversis angulosis 

 obscure fuscis; alis anticis lunula interrupta punctoque costali 

 albis, margine exteriore subangulato; alis posticis margine exte- 

 riore subangulato. * ^ 



Male,. Ferruginous cinereous, paler beneath. Frontal tuft por- 

 rect, acute. Palpi obliquely ascending; 2nd joint thickly fringed 

 in front. Antennae minutely setose. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind mngs ; apical tuft small. Legs slender ; femora 

 and tibiae fringed; tarsi with white dots above. Wings elongate, 

 dark cinereous, with three diffuse ferruginous bands, and with two 

 zig-zag dark brown lines; 1st line between the 1st and 2nd bands; 

 2nd, between the 2nd and 3rd bands; markings less distinct 

 beneath. Fore wings acute, with an interrupted white lunule in 

 the 2nd band, and with an elongated white costal point in front 

 of the 3rd band; exterior border slightly angular. Hind wings 

 with the exterior border more angular. Length of the body 7 

 lines; of the wings 19 lines. 



56. Thermesia (1) SEJUNCTA. F(xm. Fusca, robusta; vertice, 

 thoracis margine antico plagisque duabus rufis; palpis oblique 

 ascendentibus verticem longe superantibus, articulo T fimbriato, 

 3° subclavato apice albido; alis latis, fasciis tribus flavis rufo con- 

 spersis valde indeterminatis et interruptis, linea submarginali 

 undulata nigricante, puncto discoidali punctisque marginalibus 

 nigris; alis anticis acutis, margine exteriore convexo subobliquo. 



Female. Brown, stout, cinereous-testaceous beneath. Vertex 

 of the head, fore border of the thorax, and a patch on each of the 

 hind tegulae bright red. Palpi obliquely ascending, rising much 

 higher than the vertex; 2nd joint fringed above; 3rd subclavate, 

 whitish at the tip, much more slender than the 2nd, and a little 

 more than half its length. Abdomen brownish-cinereous, not 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather slender. 

 Wings broad, with three very irregular and much interrupted 

 yellow bands, whicli are speckled with bright red; an undulating 

 irregular blackish line near the exterior border; a discoidal point, 

 and marginal points and marginal festoon blackish; under side 

 without markings. Fore Avings acute; bands brighter and more ■ 

 distinct than those of the hind wings; exterior border rounded, 

 slightly oblique. Length of the body 7A lines; of the wings 20 

 lines. 



