tEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA 933 



Desmia Tellesalis. 



Foem. Nigricante-fusca, sat valida ; caput testaceum ; palpi as- 

 cendentes, graciles, arcuati, articulo So lineari ; alee purpurea 

 nitentes, Uriels interiore et exteriore albis semihyalinis talis non 

 concisis ; anticce costa maculaque exteriore costali lestaceo-albis, 

 macula discali subquadrata alba. 



Female. Blackish brown, moderately stout, whitish beneath. 

 Head testaceous above. Palpi slender, curved, obliquely ascending-, 

 not rising higher than the head ; third joint linear, rounded at the 

 tip, less than half the length of the second. Pectus pure white in 

 front. Wings moderately broad, tinged with purple ; interior and 

 exterior lines white, semihyaline, broad, irregular ; fringe white to- 

 wards the interior angle ; under side with the white colour more pre- 

 valent. Fore wings partly testaceous-white along the costa, and 

 with an exterior costal testaceous-white spot ; a subquadrate white 

 spot between the two lines. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



This and the following species have most resemblance to the 

 form of D. Opisalis. 

 Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders* collection. 



Desmia? Rhceoalis. 



Mas. Cinerea, valida ; palpi graciles, breves, subascendentes, 

 articulo 3o lineari obtuso ; antennce robusta; bis angulatce, 

 apices versus subincrassatce subfasciculatce, apice convolute ; 

 abdomen alas posticas superans, guttis ventralibus laleralibus 

 albis ; alee lineis interiore et exteriore nigricantibus albido 

 marginatis, lunulis marginalibus nigris ; anticce subfalcatce, 

 linea exteriore Jlexa, maculis tribus subcostalibus albis. 



Male. Cinereous, moderately stout, whitish beneath. Palpi 

 slender, short, slightly ascending; third joint linear, obtuse at the 

 tip, about half the length of the second. Antennae stout, bent in 

 the middle, bent and slightly incrassated and tufted near the tips, 

 convoluted from thence to the tips. Abdomen extending some dis- 

 tance beyond the hind wings, with white dots on each side beneath. 

 Wings moderately broad ; interior and exterior lines blackish, 

 whitish-bordered on the outer side ; marginal lunules black ; fringe 

 whitish at the base. Fore wings almost subfalcate ; exterior line 

 much bent ; three white spots in a line near the costa ; the second 



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