COLLECTED AT SARAWAK. 191 



riore fuscescente, costa subtus rufeseente, alls anticis fascia cervina, 

 linea submarginali fuscescente subrecta, punctis duobus discalibus 

 nigris. 

 Female. Very pale fawn-colour. Wings slightly speckled, brownish 

 along the exterior border ; marginal festoon blackish ; exterior line 

 slightly undulating, a little darker than the ground-hue; underside 

 pale reddish along the costa. Fore wings with a slight fawn-coloured 

 band along the inner side of the exterior line ; submarginal line 

 brownish, nearly straight ; marginal points black ; two black discal 

 points. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Gen. Yescisa, n. g. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi compressi, 

 verticem pauUo superantes ; articulus 2"^ subfimbriatus ; 3"* conicus, 

 minimus. Antenna vix setulosae. Abdomen alas posticas non supe- 

 rans ; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes sat validi. Alee brevius- 

 culse, latiusculae, margine exteriore subaugulato ; anticae acutae, costa 

 vix convexa, margine exteriore antico inciso. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Frontal tuft prominent. Proboscis 

 distinct. Palpi compressed, moderately broad, ascending a little 

 higher than the vertex ; 2n(l joint slightly fringed ; 3rd conical, not 

 more than one-sixth of the length of the 2nd. Antennse nearly imper- 

 ceptibly setulose. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft very small. Legs moderately stout. Wings rather short 

 and broad. Fore wings acute ; costa hardly convex ; exterior border 

 slightly angular in the middle, with two excavations in the fore part, 

 rather oblique hindward. Hind wings slightly angular. 



447. Vescisa commoda, n. s. Fam. Pallide cinerea, aeneo-albido 

 subtincta, capite thoraceque antico fuscis, alis linea exteriore fusces- 

 cente informi interrupta apud costam flexa et dilatata, lineis duabus 

 adhuc exterioribus e punctis nigricantibus, linea submarginali denti- 

 culata pallide cinerea valde indistincta, alis anticis macula costali sub- 

 apicali ferruginea nigricante et cinereo notata, alis posticis macula 

 apud angulum interiorem magna nigra. 



Female. Pale cinereous, with a slight whitish aeneous tinge. Head and 

 fore part of the thorax brown. Wings with the exterior line brownish, 

 irregular, incomplete, bent and dilated towards the costa ; two more 

 exterior lines of blackish points ; submarginal line pale cinereous, 

 denticulated, very indistinct; marginal points brown. Fore wings 

 with elongated black costal points, and with a ferruginous costal sub- 

 apical spot which is marked with blackish and with cinereous. Hind 

 wings with a cluster of ferruginous speckles in the disk, and with a 

 large black spot by the interior angle. Length of the body 3^ lines ; 

 of the wings 9 lines. 



