902 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus OTHORA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 pubescentes, capitis latitudine paullo longiores; articulus 2us sub- 

 ascendens, apicem versus cristatus ; Sus porrectus, linearis, 2o vix 

 brevior. Antennae setulosae, spatio basali setis longis instructae. 

 Abdomen alas posticas sat superans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus. 

 Pedes validi, laeves ; calcaria longa, robusta. Alaeanticae subacutae, 

 costa vix convexa, margine exteriore convexo subobliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis of the usual length, 

 Palpi pubescent, a little longer than the breadth of the head ; second 

 joint very slightly ascending, tufted above towards the tip; third 

 porrect, linear, nearly as long as the second. Antennae minutely 

 setulose, furnished with long setae towards the base. Abdomen ex- 

 tending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small. Legs 

 stout, smooth ; spurs long, stout. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings slightly acute ; costa hardly convex; exterior border convex, 

 slightly oblique. 



Type, O. velata. 



Closely allied to Gadirtha. 



Othora velata. 



Mas. Obscure ferrugineo-fusca ; caput antice albidum ; thorax 

 cinereo bivittatus ; al& anticce lineis sex angulosis nigris, 

 plagis tribus magnis cinereis, reniformi et orbiculari e guttis 

 duabus nigris, ilia annulo nigro magno inclusa; postica? aneo- 

 fusca. 



Male, Dark ferruginous-brown. Body whitish beneath. JHead 

 whitish in front. Palpi whitish towards the base. Thorax with a 

 few cinereous speckles, and with two very short cinereous stripes. 

 Legs whitish ; tibiae and tarsi blackish above. Fore wings with six 

 black zigzag lines ; first, second and third lines antemedial, the 

 other three bent beyond the reniform mark ; three large cinereous 

 patches ; first patch costal, extending to the tip ; second on the in- 

 terior border, larger than the third, which is on the interior angle; 

 orbicular and reniform distinguished by two black dots, the latter 

 enclosed in a large black ringlet ; marginal points black. Hind 



