480 CATALOGUE OF 



robusti ; tibise posticae non incrassatae. Alae latae, spissae ; anticae 

 vix acutae. 



Male and female. Body stout. Proboscis robust. Palpi 

 broad, ascending ; third joint very short or moderately long. An- 

 tennae of the male broadly pectinated to two-thirds of the length. 

 Abdomen keeled, crested on each side in the male. Legs stout ; 

 hind tibiae not incrassated ; spurs long, except one of the apical 

 pair, which is short. Wings broad, stout, not long. Fore wings 

 hardly acute ; exterior border hardly or moderately obliqne. 



1. Babgosa Chandubija. 



Mas et fcem. Rufescente-cervina, subtus albido-testacea ; alee 

 nigro substrigatee, lineis duabus ferrugineis subrectis, gutta 

 discali fasciaque submarginali subtus nigricantibus ; anticce 

 p/aga subapicali nigra. Mas. — Alee anticce puncto discali 

 nigro. Fcem. — Caput inter antennas album; alee antica? 

 ocello discali ; posticee gutta discali albo notata. 



Male and female. Keddish fawn-colour, whitish testaceous 

 beneath. Wings minutely and transversely black-streaked, with 

 two nearly straight ferruginous lines ; interior line contiguous to 

 the black discal mark; marginal points black, very minute; un- 

 der side with a blackish dot and a blackish submarginal band. 

 Fore wings with a black subapical patch. Male. — Head cine- 

 reous between the antennae. Wings with the discal mark forming 

 a black point in the fore wings, obsolete in the hind wings. 

 Female. — Head white between the antennae, which are also white 

 at the base. Discal mark forming an ocellus in the fore wings 

 and a white-marked dot in the hind wings. Length of the body 5 

 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



The male of the preceding species differs so much from the 

 female that it was mentioned as a distinct species in the list of 

 Ceylon insects lately published. The two following species are 

 very closely allied to B. Chandubija, and are perhaps merely sub- 

 species or local varieties. 



