978 CATALOGUE OF 



Argyuia nigrociliella. 



nigrociliella, Kir., MSS., ZL 



Bombay. 



Page 202. 



Genus TOMISSA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis gracilis. Palpi oblique 

 ascendentes, capitis latitudine paullo longiores ; articulus 2us latus, 

 squatnosus, firabriatus ; 3us lanceolatus, 2i triente non longior. 

 Antennae setulosae. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes 

 laeves ; calcaria longissima. Alse anticae latiusculae, breviusculae, 

 a pice rectungulatae, margine exteriore subconvexo perparum 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis slender. Palpi obliquely 

 ascending, a little longer than the breadth of the head ; second 

 joint broad, squamous, fringed ; third lanceolate, smooth, not more 

 than one-third of the length of the second. Antennae minutely 

 setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs smooth, moderately long and stout ; spurs very long. Wings 

 rather broad and short. Fore wings rectangular at the tips ; costa 

 straight; exterior border slightly convex, very slightly oblique; third 

 inferior vein twice further from the fourth than from the second. 



Type, T. concisella. 



1. TOMISSA CONCISELLA. 



Foem. Albida ; alee anlicce testaceo siibtincta?, apud marginem 

 exteriorem pallide cervince, punctis duohus discalibus niyris ; 

 postica puncto discali punctisque marginalibus fuscis. 



Female. Whitish. Fore wings with a slight testaceous tinge ; 

 a pale fawn-coloured tinge along the exterior border ; two black 

 points in the disk beyond the middle, and a row of black points 

 along the apical part of the costa and along the exterior border. 

 Hind wings with a brown discal point and brown marginal points. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



