1572 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, with an ochraceous tinge on the 

 under side of the wings. Wings with a whitish nearly straight line, 

 which is bordered with fawn-colour on the inner side and extends 

 from rather beyond the middle of the interior border of the hind 

 wing nearly to the tip of the fore wing, where it is very acutely 

 retracted to the costa ; space between this line and the exterior 

 border deeper fawn-colour than the rest of the surface. Fore wings 

 with a zigzag antemedial whitish line, which is bordered with fawn- 

 colour on the outer side. Length of the body 11 lines ; of the wings 

 30 lines. 



a. Silhet. From the Rev. Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



Genus PRADIOTA. 



Mas, Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi robusti, 

 squamosi, oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes; articulus 

 3us brevissimus. Antennae subpectinatae, apices versus simplices. 

 Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans; fasciculus apicalis minimus, 

 subcompressus. Pedes laeves; femora antica dense fasciculata ; cal- 

 caria longa, gracilia. Alae ainplae, margine exteriore subangulato; 

 anticae acutae, vix falcatae. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi 

 stout, squamous, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the 

 vertex; third joint extremely short. Antennae slightly pectinated 

 to nearly two-thirds of the length. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft very small, slightly compressed. 

 Legs moderately stout; tore femora densely tufted; spurs long, 

 slender. Wings ample; exterior border slightly angular in the 

 middle. Fore wings acute, hardly falcate. 



PRADIOTA SEJUNCTATA. 



Mas. Pallide cervina ; alee lineis tribus fuscis undulatis, 3a pos- 



tice albo marginata, lineis duabus exterioribus albis postice 



connexis antice abbreviatis, la recta, 2a angulata, plaga 



ochracea lituraque parva elongata hyalina connexis, costa 



ochracea lituris guatuor elongatis albis, plaga apicali ochracea; 



posticce basi ochracea, linea postmedia fusca fiexa dentata, 



tinea exteriore fusca angulata albo marginata. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour. Body white beneath. Fore tarsi 



and posterior legs white ; hind tibiae fawn-colour above, with a black 



apical patch. Fore wings with three irregular undulating brown 



lines; third line bordered on the outer side with white towards the 



