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Female. Whitish cinereous, testaceous-tinged, brown-speckled, 

 very stout. Hind tibiae incrassated. Wings broad, with incom- 

 plete and diffuse brown bands, which accompany the lines ; interior, 

 middle and exterior lines blackish, dentate, slightly undulating ; 

 submarginal line whitish, zigzag, not distinct; marginal points 

 black, much elongated ; discal mark distinct, blackish-bordered, 

 tridentate and very large in the fore wings, wholly blackish on the 

 under side, where the usual whitish apical spot excavates the much 

 abbreviated dark brown marginal band. Length of the body 

 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



This species in the breadth of its wings resembles the genus 

 Hypochroma. 



a. Nepaul. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



82. BOARMIA RAPTARIA. 



Fcem. Alba, fusco conspersa; thorax nigro fasciatus ; abdomen 

 basi guttis lateralibus ntgris ; tibia posticce incrassatce ; alee 

 flavescente vix tinctce, lineis interiore et exteriore fuscis den- 

 tatis, hac undulata duplicata, linea submarginali vix con- 

 spicua, punctis marginalibus nigris, litura discali supra 

 obsoleta subtus fusca bene determinata. 



Female. White, brown-speckled. Thorax with an abbreviated 

 black band in front. Abdomen towards the base with lateral black 

 dots. Hind tibiae incrassated. Wings with a very slight yellowish 

 tinge ; interior and exterior lines brown, dentate, remote from each 

 other ; the former obsolete in the hind wings ; the latter undulating, 

 double, bent towards the costa in the fore wings ; submarginal line 

 indistinctly marked in brown ; marginal points black ; discal mark 

 obsolete above, brown beneath, where it is very large in the fore 

 wings ; submarginal band beneath almost obsolete, except towards 

 the costa of the fore wings. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



83. BOARMIA SUIASASA. 



Mas. Albida, fusco conspersa vix testaceo suffusa ; palpi as- 

 cendentes ; antennce ciliato serratce ; thorax fusco fasciatus ; 

 tibia posticce incrassatce ; alee fasciis duabus fuscis dentatis 



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