1004 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus NAHARA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Fasciculus frontalis productus. 

 Proboscis mediocris. Palpi erecti, compressi, pubescentes, caput 

 longissime superantes, articulo 2o lato, 3o gracili lineari. Antennae 

 setis longis instructs. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; 

 fasciculus apicalis minimus, subcompressus. Pedes graciles; tibiae 

 posticae subfimbriatae ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Alae anticae latse, 

 subfalcatae, acuta?, margine exteriore subobliquo fere recto. 



Male. Body stout. Frontal tuft prominent. Proboscis of the 

 usual length. Palpi vertical, compressed, pubescent, rising very 

 high above the head ; second joint broad ; third slender, linear, 

 acute, more than half the length of the second. Antennae beset 

 with long bristles. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 'hind 

 wings; apical tuft slightly compressed, very small. Legs slender; 

 tibiae with a thick short fringe ; spurs long, slender. Wings broad. 

 Fore wings acute, subfalcate ; exterior border almost straight, 

 slightly oblique ; second inferior vein as near to the third as to the 

 first; fourth not remote from the third. 



Nearly allied to Pcesula and to Baniana, from which it may be 

 distinguished by the great length of the third joint of the palpi. 



Nahara clavieeba. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo-cervina; palporum articulus 2us extus 

 fuscus ; thoracis tegulce anticce nigricante marginatum; aim 

 fusco strigatce ; anticce linea exteriore recta nigra pallido 

 marginatum fascia adhuc exteriore fuscescente, macula . 

 apicali nigra, guttis dvabus posticis nigricantibus ; posticce 

 plaga apicali nigra diffusa. 



Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Second joint of the palpi 

 dark brown on the outer. side. Fore tegulae of the thorax blackish 

 bordered. Wings with numerous transverse brown streaks. Fore 

 wings with a straight black line, which is pale-bordered on its inner 

 side, and proceeds from a small black apical spot to the middle of 

 the interior border, on approaching which it is dilated and some- 

 what securiform ; a brownish band contiguous to the outer side of the 

 line, having near its hind end two more exterior blackish dots ; 

 marginal points blackish. Hind wings with a black apical patch ; 

 this hue extends diffusedly to the apical half of the interior border. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



