1200 CATALOGUE OF 



the exterior half ; exterior border obtusely angular in the middle. 

 Hind wings with the exterior border angular, its hind part deeply 

 dentate. 



MOSCHA POSTICALIS. 



Mas. Glauco-fusca ; alee linea marginali nigra; anticce lineis 

 quatuor niyricantibus^ \a 2aque undulatis, Sa Aaque denticu- 

 latis, macula inter lineas Sam 4amque flavo-alba ; posticce 

 fascia flavo-alba abbreviata subundulata nigricante marginata 

 et subconspersa. 



Male. Glaucous-brown, more glaucous beneath. Wings with 

 a black marginal festoon. Fore wings with four blackish lines ; 

 first and second lines uudulating ; third and fourth denticulated ; a 

 yellowish white spot in the disk between the third and fourth lines ; 

 four whitish points on the costa beyond the middle. Hind wings 

 with a yellowish white slightly undulating blackish-bordered thinly 

 blackish-speckled band, which is abbreviated towards the pale cine- 

 reous costal space. Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus LARASSA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi gra- 

 ciles, subascendentes, capitis latitudine non longiores ; articulus 3us 

 lanceolatus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae glabrae, graciles. Thorax 

 cristatus. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; fasciculus 

 apicalis minimus. Pedes laeves, gracillimi ; calcaria longa, gracilia ; 

 tibiae anticae breves, subdilatatae, subfimbriatae. Alas anticse latius- 

 culae, subacutae, margine exteriore subrecto, margine interiore spatio 

 brevi postmedio fimbriato apicem versus excavato. 



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

 Palpi smooth, slender, slightly ascending, not rising so high as the 

 vertex, as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, 

 less than half the length of the second. Antennae smooth, slender. 

 Thorax with an upright rather high crest. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings; apical tuft very small. Legs smooth, 

 very slender; spurs long, slender; fore tibiae short, slightly dilated 

 and fringed. Wings rather broad. Fore wings slightly acute; ex- 

 terior border nearly straight, moderately oblique ; interior border 

 furnished with a broad fringe beyond the middle, slightly excavated 

 from thence to the interior angle. 



