26 CATALOGUE OF 



Asia. 



7. HOMCEOSOMA GRATELLA. 



Mas et fcem. Flavescens ; caput et thoracis tegulee rufa ; palpi 

 graciles, suberecti, verticem superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; 

 antenna maris robusta, basi incrassatce ; alee anticce angustce, 

 apice subrotundatce, rufo strigatce et guttatee, apud costam 

 nonnunquam nigricante-rufce ; postica cinerem, subiridescentes i 

 subhyalince. 



Male and female. Yellowish. Head and tegulae of the tho- 

 rax mostly red. Palpi slender, nearly erect, rising: higher than the 

 vertex ; second joint slightly curved ; third joint lanceolate, more 

 than half the length of the second joint in the female, shorter in the 

 male. Antennae stout and incrassated at the hase in the male. 

 Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 

 narrow, slightly rounded at the tips, more or less streaked and 

 dotted with red, sometimes irregularly blackish red along the costa. 

 Hind wings yellowish cinereous, slightly iridescent and hyaline. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a — e. Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 



8. HOMQEOSOMA? GeTUSALIS. 



Mas. Albido-cinerea, sublus fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi porrecti 9 

 articulo 2o subfasciculato, 2o conico longiusculo ; alee anticce 

 apice rectangulata, linea discali nigricante, punctis margi- 

 nalibus nigris ; posticce fuscescente-cinerece. 



Male. Whitish cinereous, brownish cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 porrect, not longer than the breadth of the head; second joint 

 slightly tufted above ; third acutely conical, about half the length 

 of the second. Antennae stout. Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft rather long. Fore wings 

 rectangular at the tips; exterior border rather oblique; interior 

 angle much rounded ; a blackish line at one-third of the breadth 

 from the costa ; marginal points black. Hind wings brownish 

 cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 

 Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



9. Homceosoma ?? Lincusalts. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervina ; palpi porrecti t lanceolati, articulo 

 So conico ; alee anticce apice rectangulatee, linea discali basali 



