424 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 47. HOMONA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi laeves, sat 

 graciles, oblique ascendentes, verticem won superantes ; articulus 

 3us conicus, minimus. Antenna subsetulosas. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas paullo superans ; fasciculus apicalis magnus. Pedes robusti ; 

 tibiae posticee calcaribus quatuor robustis. Alse antica? lata?, apice 

 rectangulatse, costa subconvexa basi quasi inflata, margine interiore 

 basi dilatato squamoso. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi smooth, rather 

 slender, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; third 

 joint conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. 

 Antennas very minutely setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings ; apical tuft, large, diverging. Legs stout ; hind 

 tibiae with four stout spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore wings 

 rectangular at the tips ; costa slightly convex, with a pouch near 

 the base; exterior border convex and oblique hind ward ; interior 

 border dilated and squamous towards the base. 



1. HOMONA FASCICULANA. 



Mas. Cervina ; aim anticce striga exteriore posiica ohliqua obscu- 

 riore cinereo inarginata, striga interiore costali brevi lata 

 obliqua postice atra, striga exteriore costali obscuriore ferru- 

 gineo marginata. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Abdomen, hind wings and under side a 

 little paler. Fore wings with an oblique darker streak, which widens 

 from the disk to the apical part of the interior border, and is bor- 

 dered with cinereous; covering of the pouch darker; a darker streak 

 widening from the middle of the costa to the tip, and bordered with 

 ferruginous ; a short broad oblique streak between the first streak 

 and the pouch, deep black hindward. Length of the body 3J lines ; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Genus 48. EHOBONDA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 porrecti, lanceolati, capitis lalitudine non breviores; articulus 3us 

 conicus, parvus. Antennse pectinata?, ramulis crassis squaraosis 



