38 CATALOGUE OF 



lines terminating hind ward in two distinct nearly straight streaks. 

 Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



This species chiefly differs from B. posiica by the markings ot 

 the hind wings. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Basiana canescens. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; caput fascia lata fusca ; palpi rufi, apices 

 versus fusci, apice cani ; thorax mttis duabus nigrofuscis ; 

 pectus antice rufum ; abdomen maculis duabus subapicalibus 

 fusvis ; alee anticce falcatce, lineis quinque transversis angulosis 

 strigisque basalibus nigrieantibus, fascia punctum nigrum 

 includente lineaque submarginali cinereis, spatio exteriore 

 ferrugineo, macula costali plagaque apicali fusco guttata tes- 

 tae eis ; posiica lituris nonnullis apud marginem interiorem 

 pa Hide testa ceis. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Body hoary above. Head with a 

 broad blackish brown band in front of the base of the antennas. 

 Palpi deep red, brown towards the tips, which are hoary. Thorax 

 with a blackish brown stripe on each side. Pectus deep red in front. 

 Abdomen with a brown spot on each side of the sixth segment. 

 Fore wings acute, falcate, with five transverse zigzag blackish lines ; 

 a few blackish streaks between the first line and the base ; a cine- 

 reous band between the second and third lines, broader towards the 

 costa and including a blackish point ; a ferruginous space between 

 the fifth line and a cinereous submarginal line, which is not parallel 

 to the exterior border; a testaceous spot on the costa by the fifth line 

 and a testaceous brown-dotted apical patch ; under side with several 

 testaceous marks, which are towards the tips or near the interior 

 angle. Hind wings with some pale testaceous marks near the 

 interior border. Length of the body 18 lines; of the wings 

 52 lines. 



Cambodia. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Basiana semifervens. 



Mas. Ochraceo-cervina ; caput ochraceo-cinereum, fascia lata 

 fusca; palpi rufi, apice cinerei ; abdomen maculis duabus 

 subapicalibus elongatis fuscis ; alee anticce subfalcata,fasciis 



