50 CHARACTERS OF UNDESCR1BED 



Genus BURDRIA. 



Fosm. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 pubescentes, oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo superantes ; arti- 

 culus 3 us linearis, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae graciles. Abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes calcaribus longissimis gracillimis. 

 Alae anticae subacutae, margins exteriore subdentato, margiue interiore 

 postmedio subexcavato. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi pubescent, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the 

 vertex; third joint linear, rounded at the tip, less than half the 

 length of the second. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Tibiae with very long and slender 

 spurs. Fore wings slightly acute, exterior border slightly dentate ; 

 interior border slightly excavated beyond the middle. 



84. BURDRIA EDEMOIDES. Fcem. Ferruginea, subtus cinerea, 

 abdomine cinereo-fusco, tarsis nigricantibus articulis apice pallide 

 cinereis, alis anticis fascia ferrugineo-cinerea apud costam valde 

 dilatata iinea interiore undulata lineisque duabus angulosis adhuc 

 interioribus saturate ferrugineis Iinea exteriore duplici angulosa nigri- 

 cante orbiculari et reniformi ferrugineo obscuro marginatis, alis 

 posticis ferrugineo-cinereis ferrugineo latissime marginatis. Var. ft. 

 Alis anticis fascia indeterminata. Var. y. Alis anticis cinereo 

 suffusis fascia nigra informi. 



Female. Ferruginous, cinereous beneath. Abdomen cinereous- 

 brown. Legs cinereous ; tarsi blackish, their joints with pale 

 cinereous tips. Fore wings with a ferruginous-cinereous band, which 

 is most widely dilated towards the costa and is slightly dilated as it 

 approaches the interior border, and is bordered on the outer side by a 

 double zigzag blackish line and on the inner side by an undulating 

 deep ferruginous line ; two zigzag deep ferruginous lines between the 

 last-mentioned line and the base of the wing ; orbicular and reniform 

 marks of the normal shape, bordered with dark ferruginous ; a 

 cinereous zigzag submarginal line ; a deep ferruginous marginal fes- 

 toon ; under side with a ferruginous patch at the end of the areolet 

 and a very broad ferruginous border. Hind wings ferruginous- 

 cinereous, with a very broad ferruginous border ; fringe pale cinereous, 

 interlined with ferruginous. Var. ft. Band of the fore wings of the 

 ground hue. Var. y. Fore wings wholly tinged with cinereous ; 

 an irregular black band obliterating the undulating ferruginous line. 

 Length of the body 8 9 lines; of the wings 20 21 lines. 

 Hindostan. 



