456 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus BESIDA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus robustum, laeve. Frons fasciculata. 

 Proboscis mediocris. Palpi oblique ascen derates ; articulus 2us dense 

 pilosus ; 3us lanceolatus, gracilis, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae 

 pubescentes. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; fasciculus 

 apicalis maris longus, fissus. Pedes sat graciles, late fimbriati ; 

 calcaria longa. Alae anticae elongatae, sat angustae, apice subro- 

 tundatae, margine exteriore subobliquo. 



Male and female. Body stout, smooth. Hea/1 with an ob- 

 liquely ascending frontal tuft. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending, rising as high as the vertex; second joint 

 densely clothed with short hairs beneath ; third lanceolate, slender, 

 less than half the length of the second. Antennae pubes- 

 cent. Abdomen long, extending much beyond the hind win^s; 

 apical tuft of the male long, cleft. Legs rather slender ; femora 

 and tibiae broadly fringed ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 

 elongate. Fore wings rather narrow, slightly rounded at the tips ; 

 costa quite straight ; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. 



Be SID A XYLINATA. 



Mas. Cervina ; thorax anlice rufescens ; abdomen fusco-cinereum, 

 basi pa Hide cinereum ; alee anticce purpurascente-fusco nebu- 

 losce, lineis obliquis punctularibus liturisque posticis fuscis, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris, striga apud marginem interiorem 

 albida, litura discali e punctis duobus nigris ; posticce pur- 

 pureo-fuscce, basi pallide cinerece. Mas. — Abdomen basifusco 

 cristutum ; fasciculus apicalis rufescens. 



Male. Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Thorax more or less 

 reddish in front. Abdomen brownish cinereous, pale cinereous at 

 the base. Fore wings more or less clouded with purplish brown; 

 some brown marks on the interior border ; several oblique lines of 

 brown points; subraarginal points black; a whitish streak by the 

 interior angle ; discal mark consisting of four transverse black points. 

 Hind wings pale purplish brown, pale cinereous towards the base. 

 Male. — Abdomen with a brown crest at the base ; apical tuft reddish. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20—21 lines. 



a — c. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



