LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 887 



shorter than the second. Antennae slender. Thorax squamous. 

 Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, 

 hardly stout. Wings broad, purple-tinged, with two broad straight 

 oblique diffuse cupreous bands. Fore wings acute, inclining to 

 a subfalcate form ; discal lunule white ; exterior border moderately 

 oblique. Hind wings with a white discal lunule on the under side. 

 Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



The structure and acute wini^s of this species and its other 

 characters are sufficient to distinguish it as forming a distinct 

 group of the genus. 



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



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BOCANA MOLOALIS. 



Mas. Purpurascente-cinerea, robusta, fusco dense conspersa ; palpi 

 longi, validi, compressi, pilosi, usque ad thoracem recurvi, 

 articulo So laneeolato ; antenna graciles, vix pubescentes ; 

 thorax ochraceo notatus ; abdomen alas posticus paullo su- 

 perans ; alee anticce apice rotundata, fascia lata ochracea 

 lunulum discalem lineamque exterior em undulatam fuscas in- 

 cludente, linea denticulata submarginali pallide cinerea ; pos- 

 tica fusees cente-cinerece, 



Male. Purplish cinereous, robust, thickly brown-speckled. 

 Palpi long, stout, compressed, pilose, recurved over the head to the 

 fore part of the thorax ; third joint lanceolate, a little shorter than 

 the second. Antennas slender, hardly pubescent. Thorax and 

 costa of the fore wings towards the base ochraceous-marked. Ab- 

 domen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips, with a broad ochraceous band near the base ; 

 this band contains a brown discal lunule and an undulating brown 

 line near its outer side, which is also undulating; a pale cinereous 

 denticulated submarginal line. Hind wings brownish cinereous. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Allied to B. Erythusalis. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunder's collection. 



Bocana? Pamphosalis. 



Fcem. Purpurascente-fusca, robusta; palpi ascendentes, longi, 

 graciles, glabri, articulo So lineari apice albido ; antenna sat 



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