LEP1D0PTERA IIETEROCERA. 1537 



border; marginal lunules black; under side witb an incomplete 

 middle line, and witb a large black discal spot; exterior border very 

 sligbtly indented. Fore wings witb tbe exterior border very oblique ; 

 under side with two blackish spots, the one costal and exterior, tbe 

 other subcostal and subapical. Length of tbe body 8 Hues ; of the 

 wings 24 lines. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



BOARMIA CONTECTAEIA. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea, vix robusta ; thorax fuscescente fas- 

 cialus ; alee fusco conspersce, linea exteriore nigricante den- 

 lata latiuscula, linea interiore minus determinata, annulo dis- 

 cali elongato, linea submarginali cinerea denticulata, maculis 

 duabus subtus, una discali, altera costali ; antica linea nigri- 

 cante basali, plaga subtus subapicali fusca. 



Male. Brownish cinereous, hardly stout. Antenrse rather 

 broadly pectinated. Thorax with a brownish band. Wings brown- 

 speckled ; exterior line blackish, dentate, rather broad ; interior line 

 dentate, less distinct ; submarginal line rather indistinct; marginal 

 dots deep black ; discal ringlet black, elongated ; under side with a 

 deep black discal spot, and with a row of black points along the 

 inner side of an irregular black submarginal band, which in the fore 

 wings extends partly to the exterior border. Fore wings with a 

 double blackish line near the base ; exterior border slightly convex, 

 rather oblique. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Canara. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



BOARMIA GELIDARIA. 



Foem. Albida, robusta ; alee nigro subconsperstz, lineis tribus fus- 

 cis angulosis ex parte nigris, guttis marginalibus atris, lunula 

 discali nigra elongata, macula subtus discali atra, punctis ex- 

 terioribus fasciaque submarginali nigris ; antica linea basali 

 duplicata nigricante. 



Female. Whitish, stout, almost white beneath. Wings mo- 

 derately broad, thinly and minutely black-speckled ; interior, exte- 

 rior and submarginal lines brown, zigzag, partly black ; discal 

 ringlet elongated, most distinct in the hind wings, where it is very 

 near the exterior line ; submarginal line cinereous, denticulated, 

 slightly brown-bordered ; marginal festoon black ; underside whitish, 

 with a brown costal spot and a blackish discal spot. Fore wings 



