608 CATALOGUE OF 



black bands. Wings cinereous beneath. Fore wings with fire 

 zigzag black bands which are more complete in the female than in 

 the male ; fifth band incomplete ; two black spots between the third 

 and fourth bands ; marginal dots black. Hind wings cinereous, 

 with blackish marginal dots. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines; of 

 the wings 13 — 14 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon from Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus ELESMA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi por- 

 recti, laeves, caput perpaullo superantes; articulus 3us conicus, 

 minimus. Antennae gracillimae. Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans. Pedes laeves, sat graciles ; calcaria quatuor longa, 

 gracilia. Alae anticae longae, sat angustae, apice rotundatae, costa 

 margineque exteriore subconvexis. 



Female. Body slender. Proboscis rather short. Palpi por- 

 rect, smooth, extending very little beyond the head; second joint 

 moderately broad; third conical, very minute. Antennae very 

 slender. Abdomen slightly ridged, extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs smooth, rather slender ; hind tibiae with four 

 long slender spurs. Wings long. Fore wings rather narrow, 

 rounded at the tips ; costa and exterior border slightly convex, the 

 latter rather oblique ; third inferior vein very near the second ; fourth 

 remote. 



The structure of the palpi differs much from that of Declana 

 and of Dimona, and the same character will distinguish it from 

 Bryophila. 



Elesma subglauca. 



Fcem. Obscure glauco-cinerea, subtus alba ; caput albidum ,• 

 thoracis tegulce anticce nigro marginata? ; abdomen pallide 

 fuscescens, segmentis albo marginatis ; alee anticce striga basalt 

 lineisque duabus dentatis nigris, plaga media e annulis 

 quatuor nigris, linea submarginali nigricante dentata, venis 

 marginalibus nigris ; posticce albce. 



Female. Dark glaucous-cinereous, white beneath. Head 

 whitish. Fore tegulae of the thorax bordered with black. Abdomen 

 pale brownish ; hind borders of the segments white. Joints of the 

 tarsi black, with white tips. Fore wings with a short black basal 

 streak and with two dentate transverse black lines, of which the 

 second is bent ; four irregular black ringlets between the lines, form- 



