.170 CATALOGUE OF 



Fore wings rectangular at the tips ; exterior border slightly oblique, 

 hardly convex. 



This genus associates better with the Herminidce than with 

 any other family, notwithstanding the development of the max- 

 illary palpi. 



1. Adrapsa ablualis. 



Cinereo-fusca ; alee lineis interiore et exteriore rectis obliquis, hac 

 albida, ilia obscure fusca, submarginali albida deniiculata 

 indistincla incompleta ; anticce reniformi obscure fusca 

 guttam albidam includente. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Wings with the usual three lines ; 

 interior and exterior lines straight, oblique ; interior line dark 

 brown ; exterior line whitish ; submarginal line whitish, denticu- 

 lated, indistinct, incomplete. Fore wings with the reniform mark 

 dark brown, containing a whitish dot. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Pressnted by E. Templeton, Esq. 



Genus 29. BOCANA. 





Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi graciles, longi, 

 ascendentes ; articulus 2us valde arcuatus ; 3us acutus. Antenna? 

 corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. 

 Pedes nudi, calcaribus longis. Alse latiusculae ; anticas angulo 

 apicali subrotundato, margine exteriore subconvexo subobliquo. 



Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi slender, long, ascending; 

 second joint much curved; third acute, variable as to shape, some- 

 what shorter than the second. Antennas more than half the length 

 of the body. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs bare, moderately stout; spurs long. Wings rather broad. 

 Fore wings with the apical angle slightly rounded ; exterior border 

 slightly convex and oblique. 



Type, B. manifestalis. 



