314 CATALOGUE OF 



h. Sumatra ? From Sir Stamford Raffles' collection. 

 i,j. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



Genus 2. CHORODNA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis valida. Palpi breves, lati, 

 oblique ascendentes, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Antennae longiusculae, pectinatae, apices versus nudae. Thoracis 

 tegulae longiusculae. Abdomen subcylindricum, subtus valde 

 lanuginosum. Tibiae posticae valde tumidae. Alae amplae ; anticae 

 elongatae, vix falcatse, margine exteriore sat obliquo antice convexo 

 postice recto ; posticae vix dentatae. 



Male. Body robust. Proboscis stout, moderately long. Palpi 

 short, broad, obliquely ascending, not rising as high as the front ; 

 third joint very minute. Antennas rather long, pectinated, except 

 towards the tips ; branches rather long, very thickly set. Thorax 

 with rather long tegulae. Abdomen nearly cylindrical, very lanugi- 

 nose beneath, as is also the pectus. Hind tibiae much inflated. 

 Wings ample. Fore wings elongated, hardly falcate ; exterior bor- 

 der rather oblique, convex in front, straight hindward. Hind wings 

 hardly scolloped. 



1. Chorodna Erebusaria. 4 



Mas. Cervina ; thorax antice fusco bilineatus ; abdomen bast 

 albidum ; ala? albidce, fusco aut nigro conspersa?, spatio mar- 

 ginali ex parte fuscescente ; anticce vitta costali basali lata 

 oblongo-quadrata fusca, litura exteriore magna obliqua lunu- 

 lata rufescente -fusca nigricante marginata, striga posteriore 

 obliqua flexa alba fusco marginata, macula exteriore cinerea ; 

 posticae, macula magna discali lunulisque duabus marginalibus 

 nigricante-fuscis. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Thorax with two transverse brown lines 

 in front. Abdomen paler than the thorax, whitish towards the base. 

 Wings whitish, minutely brown- or black-speckled ; the marginal 

 space partly and irregularly tinged with brown. Fore wings with 

 an oblong-quadrate broad brown stripe, occupying the whole base of 

 the wings, and extending along the costa to full one-third of the 

 length ; a large reddish brown blackish-bordered oblique lunulate 

 mark at a little beyond the end of the stripe, and having behind it 

 an oblique bent white brown-bordered streak, which widens as it ap- 

 proaches the interior border ; a cinereous spot on the outer side of 

 the streak. Hind wings with a large blackish brown discal spot ; 



