508 CATALOGUE OF 



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

 rather slender, extending a little beyond the head ; third joint linear, 

 rounded at the tip, nearly half the length of the second. Antennae 

 short, slightly pectinated. Thorax very stout, densely pilose. Ab- 

 domen smooth, slightly tapering from the base to the tip, extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind wings; apical appendages large. Legs 

 smooth, rather stout; tibiae slightly fringed ; hind tibiae with four 

 long spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings elongate, slightly rounded 

 at the tips ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique ; second 

 inferior vein very near the first and hardly further from the third ; 

 fourth rather remote. 



The structure of its palpi distinguishes it from the other genera 

 of Limacodidce. 



Rabila frontalis. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervina, subtus albida ; pedes albidi, tibiis 

 tarsisque anticis supra cervinis ; alee anticce cervince ; postica 

 albidce, subhyalince. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour, whitish beneath. Legs whitish ; 

 fore tibiae and fore tarsi fawn-colour above. Fore wings fawn- 

 colour. Hind wings white, slightly hyaline. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Genus BEL1PPA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, hirsutum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi 

 porrecti, laeves, sat graciles, caput perpaullo superantes ; articulus 

 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae valid®, sub- 

 pectinatae. Thorax fasciculis duobus lateralibus erectis. Abdomen 

 alas posticas longe superans. Pedes robusti ; anteriores hirsuti ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis robustis. Alae anticae 

 elongatae, apice rotundatae, roargine exteriore convexo perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout, hirsute. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi por- 

 rect, smooth, rather slender, extending very little beyond the head ; 

 third joint lanceolate, not more than half the length of the second. 

 Antennas stout, very slightly pectinated. Thorax with an erect tuft 

 of long squamous hairs at the base of each lore wing. Ah 4 omen 

 long, extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; posterior 



