1096 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus MAXULA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi com- 

 pressi, oblique ascendentes, verticem longe superantes ; artieulus 

 2us subfirabriatus ; 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio non brevior. * An- 

 tennae setosae. Pedes longi ; femora pilosa ; calcavia longa. Alae 

 amplissimae ; anticae acuta 3 ,, subfalcatae, margine exteriore subconvexo 

 subobliquo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis of the usual length. 

 Palpi compressed, obliquely ascending, rising much higher than the 

 vertex; second joint with a short thick fringe on the under side ; 

 third lanceolate, full half the length of the second. Antennae 

 setose. Legs long, moderately stout ; femora pilose; spurs long. 

 Wings very ample. Fore wings subfalcate, acute ; exterior border 

 slightly convex and oblique ; second inferior vein as near to the 

 third as to the first ; fourth remote. 



Maxula idonea. 



Mas. Pallide ochraceo-cinerca ; caput et thorax anticus cervina ; 

 ala? fusco conspersce, lineis tribus obliquis fuscis, *Sa angulosa, 

 tinea submarginali cinerea recta, fimbria fusca ; anticce linea 

 \a subundulata, 2a angulosa, reniformi e punctis duobus 

 nigris ; posticce linea \a vatde interrupta, 2a subrecta. 



Male. Pale ochraceous-cinereous, ochraceous beneath. Head 

 and fore part of the thorax fawn-colour. Wings minutely brown- 

 speckled, with three brown oblique lines; first line slightly undu- 

 lating in the fore wings, very incomplete in the hind wings; second 

 irregularly zigzag in the fore wings, nearly straight in the hind 

 wings; third zigzag; subinarginal line cinereous, straight; sub- 

 marginal festoon cinereous ; under side wiih three more conspicuous 

 lines and with a brown spot near the base; fringe brown. Fore 

 wings with the reniform mark forming two black points above, 

 brown-bordered beneath. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 

 28 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Genus SAROBA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Fasciculus frontalis productus. 

 Proboscis mediocris. Palpi erecti, verticem longissime superantes ; 



