932 CATALOGUE OF 



Desmia Rhinthonalis. 



Fcem. Fusca, sat gracilis ; palpi ascendentes, subarcuati, articulo 

 2o subfimbriato , So lanceolato ; abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 supera?is, segmentis albo marginatis ; pedes antici fusco fas- 

 ciati ; aim cupreo nitentes, lituris albis ; anticce linea interiore 

 tenui subrecta, linea exteriore valde interrupta antice lata, 

 reniformi subquadrata ; posticce linea exteriore lata Integra 

 postice attenuata. 



Female. Brown, rather slender, whitisb beneath. Palpi ver- 

 tical, slightly curved, rising higher than the head ; second joint 

 slightly fringed ; third lanceolate, about half the length of the 

 second. Pectus pure white in front. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments white. Fore 

 legs with brown bands. Wings moderately broad, with a cupreous 

 tinge ; markings white ; fringe here and there white. Fore wings 

 with the interior line slender, nearly straight ; exterior line much 

 interrupted, broad and regular in front ; reniform mark represented 

 by a transverse subquadrate spot. Hind wings with the exterior 

 line broad, complete, attenuated hindward. Length of the body 4 V 

 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Somewhat resembling R. Opisalis in structure. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Desmia Zebinalis. 



Fcem. Fusca, sat gracilis ; palpi a seen denies ; abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas vix superans ; pedes albi, gracillimi ; alee cupreo nitentes, 

 linea exteriore e maculis duabus rnagnis albis semihyalinis, 

 spatio apud angulum interiorem albo ; anticce apice albce, 

 macula discali parva alba subquadrata. 



Female. Brown, rather slender, whitish beneath. Palpi as- 

 cending. Pectus pure white in front. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs white, very slender. Win^s cupreous- 

 tinged ; exterior line formed by two large white semihyaline spots 

 in each wing ; fringe and the adjoining part of the wing white about 

 the interior angle. Fore wings with a small white subquadrate 

 discal spot ; extreme tips white. Length of the body 2£ lines ; of 

 the wings 6 lines. 



Allied to D. afflictalis in structure, 



Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Saunders' collection. 



