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apicalis longus, gracilis. Pedes validi, breviusculi ; calcaria 

 elongata. Ala? antica? lata?, apice subrotundata?, margine exteriore 

 convexo subobliquo vix dentato. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Head with a prominent 

 frontal tuft. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi stout, obliquely ascending, 

 densely pilose beneath, not rising higher than the vertex ; third 

 joint conical, not one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 stout, pubescent. Abdomen long, tapering from the base to the tip, 

 extending very far beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft long, slender. 

 Legs stout, rather short ; hind tibia? with four long spurs. Wings 

 broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior border 

 convex, hardly festooned, slightly oblique. 



Besaia rubiginea. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; caput saturate cervinum ; alee anticct 

 fasciis duabus angustis rufescentibus angulosis tineas duas 

 cinereas includentibus, \a interrupta,2a strigas duas emittente, 

 fascia lata cervina, punctis marginalibus nigricantibus ; 

 posticce fuscce, fimbria cinerea. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour. Head and palpi darker fawn- 

 colour. Fore wings with two narrow reddish zigzag bands, each 

 of which contains a pale cinereous line ; first band incomplete in 

 front ; second emitting two broad streaks towards the exterior 

 border, contiguous on its inner side to a broad fawn-coloured band ; 

 marginal points blackish. Hind wings brown ; fringe cinereous. 

 Length of the body 14 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by Sir J. Hearsey. 



Genus BORECONIA. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi porrecti, 

 sat graciles, pilosissimi, caput longe superantes ; articulus 3us 

 acutus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antenna? subpectinata?. Abdomen 

 fusiforme, alas posticas perpaullo superans; fasciculus apicalis 

 minimus. Pedes longiusculi, subpilosi ; tibia? postica? calcaribus 

 quatuor longis. Ala? antica? latae, vix acuta?, costa subconvexa, 

 margine exteriore convexo sat obliquo. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, 

 rather slender, very pilose, extending much beyond the head, but 

 somewhat shorter than its breadth ; third joint acute, less than half 



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