1966 CATALOGUE OF 



Fam. EURHIPIDiE, C. L. H. xii. 869. 



Genus OSSONOBA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis raediocris. Palpi laeves, 

 oblique ascendentes, verticem superantes : articulus 2us robustus ; 

 3us linearis, gracilis, 2i dimidio longior. Antennae pectinatae. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas plus dimidio superans, apice trifasciculatus. 

 Pedes validi, pilosi; calcaria longa, gracilia. A\x anticae elongatae, 

 subacutae, raargine exteriore dentato sat obliquo. 



Male, Body very stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 smooth, obliquely ascending, rising higher than the vertex; second 

 joint stout ; third linear, slender, more than half the length of the 

 second. Antennae moderately pectinated. Abdomen extending for 

 more than half its length beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft elon- 

 gate, with a small lateral prominent tuft on each side. Legs stout ; 

 femora and tibiae pilose ; spurs long, slender. Wings elongate. 

 Fore wings slightly acute; exterior border dentate, rather oblique. 



OSSONOBA TORPIDA. 



Mas. Rufescentr-cervina ; ahc antiece lineis duabus cinereis, la 

 basali, 2a obliqua vix undulata, puncto alio lineaque angulosa 

 vix conspicua inlermediis, plaga exteriore lunulisque margin' 

 alibus nigris; posticcc basi pallidiores. 



Male. Reddish fawn-colour. Palpi whitish cinereous on the 

 inner side. Fore wings with two cinereous lines ; first line near the 

 base, not oblique; second oblique, hardly undulating, extending 

 from beyond (two-thirds of the length ot the costa to somewhat 

 beyond the middle of the interior border; a very indistinct zigzag 

 intermediate line which is a little darker than the ground hue and 

 has a white point on its inner side ; a black patch in the disk on the 

 outer side of the second line ; marginal lunules black ; three whitish 

 points on the costa. Hind wings paler towards the base. Length 

 of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Darjeeling. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



