890 CATALOGUE OF 



rather stout; spurs very long. Wings long, narrow, alike in 

 colour, with numerous markings. Fore wings rounded at the tips; 

 exterior border very oblique. 



The affinities of this genus are doubtful, but it seems to 

 be most allied to the Pyralidce, 



1. BEIXIA DORILUSALIS. 



Mas. Testaceo-cinerea ; palpi cervini ; alee sericece, chalybeo sub- 

 nitentes, strigis plurimis parvis transversis nigricantibus, 

 fasciis nonnullis incomplelis fuscescentibus nigro marginalis ; 

 anticce macula apicali chalybcea ; posticce fascia perobliqua 

 purpurascenle-chalybaa nigro marginata. 



Male. Cinereous, with a testaceous tinge, paler beneath. 

 Palpi fawn-colour. Wings glossy, with a slight chalybeous tinge, 

 with numerous minute transverse blackish streaks ; three or four 

 incomplete brownish black-bordered bands. Fore wings with a 

 chalybeous apical spot. Hind wings with a very oblique purplish 

 chalybeous mostly black-bordered band. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders 5 collection. 



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Genus LORYMA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 ascendentes ; articulus 2us fasciculo longo instructus ; 3us linearis, 

 apice rotundatus. Antennae validae, breviusculae, pubescentes, vix 

 serratae; articulus lus crassus. Abdomen alas posticas sat su- 

 perans. Pedes validi, glabri. Alae breviusculae, sat angustae ; 

 anticae acutae, pallido venosae, exteriore margine subobliquo ; posticae 

 venis obscuris. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi 

 ascending ; second joint furnished with a long projecting tuft ; 

 third linear, rounded at the tip, shorter and more slender than the 

 second. Antennas pubescent, rather short and stout, hardly ser- 

 rated ; first joint very thick. Abdomen extending rather beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs stout, smooth ; spurs long. Wings rather 

 short and narrow. Fore wings acute, with pale lines along tha 



