LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 931 



Abdomen extending very little bej-ond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, slender. Wings moderately broad, with a purplish tinge 

 and with two dark purple lines, which include a yellow band ; the 

 latter is abbreviated hindward ; fringe cinereous, with two yellow 

 spaces, blackish towards the base. Fore wings acute, marked with 

 yellow towards the base ; costa mostly yellow, with black marks ; 

 a third dark purple line ; some yellow marks along the exterior side 

 of the second line. Hind wings with a yellow band between 

 the first line and the base ; a yellow spot by the middle of the ex- 

 terior border. Length of the body 2£ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Desmia? illectalis. 



(Salbta illectalis, p. 362.) 



Var. Mas. Cinereo-fusca, gracilis ; palpi ascendentes, lati, bre- 

 vissimi ; antennce pubescentes, ante medium Jlexce et sub- 

 incrassatce ; abdomen albidum^ alas posticas superans, maculis 

 duabus apicalibus nigris ; alee purpurascente ceneoque nitentes, 

 linea submarginali indistincta, linea marginali albida ; an- 

 ticce aeutce, linea interiore antice dilatata, slriga guttisque 

 duabus costalibus, reniformi quadrata lineaque submarginali 

 bis dilatata albidis. 



Var. Male. Cinereous-brown, slender, white beneath. Palpi 

 ascending, broad, very short; third joint very minute. Antennae 

 pubescent, bent and slightly incrassated before the middle. Abdo- 

 men whitish, extending rather beyond the hind wings, with a black 

 spot on each side at the tip. Legs white, smooth, slender. Wings 

 moderately broad, with a purplish and seneous tinge ; submarginal 

 line .indistinct ; marginal line whitish ; fringe darker towards the 

 base, white towards the interior angle. Fore wings acute ; fore part 

 of the interior line forming an elongated whitish spot ; a whitish 

 costal streak in front of the quadrate whitish reniform mark, and 

 having beyond it two whitish costal dots ; submarginal line forming 

 a whitish spot at each end. Length of the body 4J lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



Allied to D. Tellesalis in structure. 



a. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



4 M 



