COLLECTED AT SAEAWAK. ISf 



is recurved towards the costa of the fore wings ; interior hne like the 

 exterior hne, but denticulated and less distinct ; discal point and sub- 

 marginal points black. Fore wings acute, subfalcate ; exterior border 

 slightly angular in the middle ; discal point accompanied by three 

 brown points. Length of the body 3| lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



435. Thermesia nigripalpis, n. s. Fam. Rufescenti-eervina, ca- 

 pite nigricante, palpis porrectis fimbriatis, femoribus tibiisque fimbri- 

 atis, alis latiusculis, lineis tribus nigricantibus denticulatis albo punc- 

 tatis, linea submarginali valde interrupta, alis anticis vix acutis. 



Female. Reddish fawn-colour. Head and palpi blackish. Palpi por- 

 rect, fringed, extending beyond the head ; 3rd joint elongate-conical, 

 less than half the length of the 2nd. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs rather slender ; femora and tibise fringed ; hind 

 tibiae with four very long spurs. Wings rather broad ; interior, exte- 

 rior, and submarginal lines blackish, denticulated, white-pointed, espe- 

 cially diffuse and incomplete in the hind wings ; submarginal line very 

 incomplete ; marginal points black. Fore wings hardly acute ; costa 

 straight ; exterior border slightly convex. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



436. Thermesia plagifera, n. s. Fcem. Pallide cervina, palpis lon- 

 gis fimbriatis, femoribus tibiisque fimbriatis, alis latis breviusculis, 

 atomis lineisque tribus diffusis denticulatis punctisque submarginalibus 

 roseis, fimbria e punctis roseis bilineata, alis anticis costa nigro punc- 

 tata, plaga marginali nigricante, alis posticis plaga subtus apicali 

 nigricante. 



Female. Pale fawn-colour. Palpi long, fringed, extending far beyond 

 the head ; 3rd joint lanceolate, about one-third of the length of the 

 2nd. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs mode- 

 rately stout ; femoi-a and tibiae fringed ; hind tibiae with four very 

 long spurs. Wings broad, rather short, rosy-speckled and with three 

 diffuse denticulated lines of the same hue ; submarginal points rosy, 

 fringe long, with two rows of rosy-marked points. Fore wings rec- 

 tangular at the tips, with two blackish white-marked discal points; 

 costa very slightly convex, with black points ; exterior border convex ; 

 under side with a very large blackish patch along the exterior border 

 hindward. Hind wings with a large blackish apical patch. Length 

 of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 



437. Thermesia sparsa, n. s. Fcem. Pallide rosea, capite thorace- 

 que antico obscure ochraceis, alis breviusculis latiusculis nigro sub- 

 conspersis, linea exteriore fusca obliqua subrecta apud costam retracta, 

 spatio marginali cervino, linea submarginali e lituris elongatis nigri- 

 cantibus albido punctatis, alis anticis subfalcatis, linea interiore an- 

 gulosa, margiue exteriore angulato. 



Female. Pale rosy red. Head and fore part of the thorax dark ochra- 

 ceous. Palpi not ascending higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint very 



