858 CATALOGUE OF 



2. ClSPIA PLAGIATA. 



Mas. Lutea; alee anticce supra rufescentes, nigro conspersce, plaga 

 media lutea. 

 Male. Luteous. Fore wings mostly pale reddish above, with 

 numerous black flecks, and with a large luteous middle spot; seve- 

 ral long lanceolate black hairs along the interior border, these hairs 

 are luteous towards the base. Length of the body 9 lines; of the 

 wings 22 lines. 

 a. Nepaul. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



Genus 52. POLOMA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Palpi porrecti, validi, pilosi, caput non 

 superantes ; articulus His brevissimus ; 3us minimus. Antennae 

 thorace multo longiores. Pedes robusti; femora et tibia? pilosa ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae lata. Mas. — An- 

 tennae sat late pectinatse. Fcem. — Antennae mediocriter pectinatae. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis not visible. Palpi porrect, 

 stout, pilose, not extending beyond the head; first joint very short ; 

 third very minute. Antennae much longer than the thorax. Legs 

 stout, femora and tibiae pilose; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings hardly convex in front, rounded at the 

 tips, very slightly convex and oblique along the exterior border ; 

 interior angle much rounded ; three inferior veins : second about 

 thrice further from the third than from the first. Male. — Antennae 

 rather deeply pectinated. Abdomen extending nearly as far as the 

 hind wings. Female. — Antennae moderately pectinated. Abdomen 

 extending as far as the hind wings. 



1. POLOMA ANGULATA. 



Mas. Fusca, subtus rufo-ferruginea ; antenna albidce ramis 

 nig vis ; abdomen rufo-ferrugineum, ; alee fasciis duabus mediis 

 angustis angulosis fuscis, exteriore testaceo extus marginata ; 

 anticce fusco nebulosce, fascia basim versus subarcuata testacea, 

 plaga maxima costali rufo-ferruginea gutta strigaque angulosa 

 fuscis includente ; posticce rufo-ferruginea. 



Male. Brown, reddish ferruginous beneath. Antennae whitish, 

 with black branches. Abdomen reddish ferruginous. Wings with 

 two zigzag slender middle brown bands, the outer one with a tes- 

 taceous border on the outer side ; these bands are more undulating 



