808 CATALOGUE OF 



forms a slight angle. Antennae stout, rather short. Thorax robust; 

 tegulae long, with squamous hairs. Abdomen conical, exteuding 

 rather beyond the hind wings. Legs robust, pilose ; posterior tibiae 

 dilated; spurs long. Wings thick, rather broad, alike in colour, 

 and with like markings, Fore wings subfalcate ; exterior border 

 slightly convex, moderately oblique. 



1. Hekculia bractealis. 



Fcem. Saturate rufa, subglaucescens ; tibia tarsique flavescentia ; 

 alee nigro subconspersa, lineis duabus obliquis parallelis sub- 

 undulatis nigris, fimbria testacea basi nigra; anticce reni- 

 formi e atomis contiguis nigris. 



Female. Deep red, with a glaucous tinge, not paler beneath. 

 Tibiae and tarsi mostly yellowish. Wings slightly and minutely 

 speckled with black; two oblique slightly undulating black parallel 

 lines, which are more approximate in the hind wings than in the 

 fore wings ; fringe testaceous, black at the base. Fore wings with 

 the reniform mark indicated by some confluent black flecks. Length 

 of the body 5 — 5J- lines; of the wings 12 — 13 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



b. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 21. GODARA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Caput postice fasciculatum. Proboscis 

 breviuscula, sat gracilis. Palpi oblique ascendentes, sat graciles ; 

 articulus 3us linearis, 2i dimidio fere longior. Palpi maxillares 

 lineares, valde distincti. Antennae glabrae, breviusculae, sat validae. 

 Alae breves, latae ; anticae vix acutae, costa basi convexa, margine 

 exteriore subconvexo; posticae lituris nullis. Mas. — Abdomen alas 

 posticas perpaullo superans. Coxae anticae tibiaeque anteriores 

 fasciculatae. Alae anticae costa basi fasciculata. 



Body rather slender. Head tufted hindward. Proboscis rather 

 short and slender. Palpi obliquely ascending, rather slender; third 

 joint linear, rounded at the tip, full half the length of the second. 

 Maxillary palpi linear, very distinct. Antennae smooth, rather 

 short and stout. Legs smooth, moderately stout; spurs long. 

 Wings short and broad. Fore wings hardly acute, with the costa 

 convex towards the base; the markings as usual; exterior border 

 slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings without markings. 



