LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1589 



BOARMTA DECISARIA. 



Foem. Albido-cinerea, robusta ; 'palpi porrecti, caput paullo super- 

 antes ; thoracis tegulce anticce fuscescente marginatce ; alee 

 fusco conspersa, lineis duabus undulatis subangulosis obscure 

 f us cis, fascia exteriore ochracea angusta, fascia submarginali 

 fusca valde indeterminata lineam albidam dentatarn includente, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticce apice rotundatce, gutta 

 alba elongata, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Female. Whitish cinereous, stout, whitish beneath. Palpi por- 

 rect, stout, extending a little beyond the head; third joint conical, 

 minute. Fore tegulae of the thorax brownish-bordered. Legs 

 smooth, rather slender. Wings broad, minutely brown-speckled; 

 two dark brown undulating slightly zigzag lines; first line medial ; 

 second postmedial, parallel to a narrow ochraceous band, which is 

 very near its outer side; a very incomplete submarginal brown band 

 including a dentate whitish line; marginal points black ; under side 

 with a blackish spot in the disk, with an exterior undulating blackish 

 line and with a blackish submarginal band. Fore wings rounded at 

 the tips; a white transversely elongated dot in the disk; exterior 

 border convex, very oblique. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



Closely allied to B. gelidaria, but the black band on the under 

 side of the wings is differently formed. 



Ceram. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



BOARMIA ALBIFUSARIA. 



Foem. Ochracea, robxista ; caput cervinum, albo fasciatum ; palpi 

 robusti, oblique ascendentes ; abdomen fuscum, bicristatum, 

 apice ochraceum ; alee lata?, fusco nebulosai^ lineis duabus 

 dentatis, striga intermedia lunulisque marginalibus obscure 

 fuscis ; antics elongatce, plagis tribus magnis costalibus albis ; 

 postica margine exteriore vix dentato. 



Female. Ochraceous, stout. Body gilded cinereous beneath. 

 Fore part of the head fawn-colour, with a white band. Palpi smooth, 

 stout, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; third 

 joint extremely small. Abdomen brown, except at the tip, much 

 shorter than the interior border of the hind wings; third and fourth 

 segments crested. Legs smooth. Wings broad, irregularly clouded 

 and varied with brown ; two oblique dentate darker brown lines, 

 which are most irregular towards the costa of the fore wings; a short 



