236 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 35. BASIANA. 



Corpus crassum. Caput breve, non conicum. Proboscis 

 brevis, distincta. Palpi breves, validi, arete applicati. Antennae 

 setaceae, tliorace paullo longiores. Abdomen tborace duplo longius. 

 Pedes validi ; tibiae posticag calcaribus quatuor mediocriter longis. 

 Alae longae, mediocriter lata? ; anticae apud costam vix convexae, 

 subacuminatae, apud marginem exteriorem subrectae mediocriter 

 obliquae ; posticae apice rotundatae, margine exteriore integro sub- 

 recto. Mas. — Antennae serratae, pubescentes. Fcem. — Antennae 

 graciliores, vix serratae. 



Body very stout. Head short, not conical. Proboscis short, 

 distinct. Palpi short, stout, closely applied to the head. Antenna? 

 setaceous, a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen full twice the 

 length of the thorax. Legs stout; hind tibiae with four moderately 

 long spurs. Wings long, moderately broad. Fore wings hardly 

 convex in front, slightly acuminated, moderately oblique and 

 almost straight along the exterior border; interior border slightly 

 concave towards the interior angle ; veins as usual. Hind wings 

 rounded at the tips, entire and almost straight along the exterior 

 border. Male. — Antennas serrate, pubescent. Female.— Antennae 

 more slender, hardly serrate. 



1. Basiana Deucalion. 



Cervina, subtus testacea ; caput antice nigricans ; abdominis later a 

 testacea ; ala? anticce fusco-cervince* subpurpurascentes, fasciis 

 nonnullis undulatis obliquis fuscis; posticce subfascial, basi 



Smerinthus Deucalion, MSS. 



Fawn-colour, testaceous beneath. Head blackish on each side 

 in front. Abdomen testaceous on each side. Fore wings brownish 

 fawn-colour, with purplish reflections, and with several undulating 

 oblique brown bands, which are continued more slightly across the 

 hind wings; the latter are black at the base. Length of the body 

 15 lines ; of the wings 44 lines. 



a. North India. Presented by Mrs. Mauger. 



