LBPIDOPTEBA HETEBOCERA. 1095 



Genus BEMATHA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 validi, reflexi, pubescentes, verticem superantes; articulus 3us lan- 

 ceolatus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Abdomen alas posticas non su- 

 perans ; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes robusti ; tibiae dense 

 fimbriatae. Aloe anticae longissimae, acutae, margine exteriore con- 

 vexo perobliquo; posticas angulo interiore bene determinate. 



Male. Body moderately slout. Proboscis of tbe usual length. 

 Palpi stout, curved, pubescent, refiexed over the vertex ; third joint 

 lanceolate, full half the length of the second. Abdomen not extend- 

 ing to the interior angle of the hind wings ; apical tuft very small. 

 Legs stout; tibiae broadly and thickly fringed ; spurs moderately 

 long. Fore wings acute, very long ; exterior border convex, very 

 oblique; second inferior vein nearer to the third than to the first ; 

 fourth remote. Hind wings long, with the interior angle promi- 

 nent. 



BEMATHA EXTENSA. 



Mas. Ochracea ; palpi cinerei ; tarsi albi ; alee lineis duabus 

 fuscis obliquis denticulatis, puncto discali nig ric ante, fimbria 

 apud anyulum interiorem albo marginata ; anticce linea 

 basali ochracea arcuata, reniformi e striga alba angulata, linea 

 submarginali alba undulata nigro marginata. 



Male. Ochraceous. Palpi and pectus cinereous. Fore femora 

 and fore tibiae cinereous-brown ; posterior femora and posterior tibiae 

 red; tarsi white. Wings with two oblique denticulated brown 

 lines ; under side with numerous transverse brownish streaks ; fringe 

 white-bordered towards the interior angle; a blackish point repre- 

 senting the orbicular mark. Fore wings with an ochraceous curved 

 line near the base ; reniform mark represented by an angular trans- 

 verse white streak ; a white undulating black-bordered submarginal 

 line, which is only distinct towards the costa. Hind wings with 

 some indications of a submarginal line. Length of the body 8 lines ; 

 of the wings 2°, lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collec- 

 tion. 



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