1066 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 47. ROSAMA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis, distincta. Palpi 

 robusti, subarcuati, oblique ascendentes, caput superantes ; articulus 

 3us minimus. Antennae rnediocriter pectinatae, tborace paullo 

 longiores. Thoracis latera fasciculata. Abdomen alas posticas 

 paullo superans, fasciculis duobus longis apicalibus. Pedes gra- 

 ciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus apicalibus longissimis. Alae 

 sat latae ; antics? apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine ex- 

 teriore subconvexo et subobliquo, interiore excavato. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis short, distinct. Palpi 

 thick, slightly curved, obliquely ascending, extending beyond the 

 head; second joint more than twice the length of the first; third 

 extremely minute. Antennae moderately pectinated, rather longer 

 than the thorax. Thorax with an oblique lappet of clavate hairs on 

 each side. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings, 

 with two long curved tufts of hairs at the tip. Legs slender ; hind 

 tibiae with four extremely long spurs. Wings moderately broad. 

 Fore wings straight in front, rounded at the tips, slightly convex 

 and oblique along the exterior border; interior border with two 

 excavations, one next the base, the other beyond the middle, the 

 space between them forming an acute angle ; three inferior veins ; 

 first and second united at the base ; third not far from the second . 



■1. Rgsama strigosa. 



Mas. Luteo-fulva ; thorax testaceo varius ; abdomen pallidefus- 

 cum, basi et apice testaceum, marginibus posticis ventreque 

 albidis ; pedes albidi ; aim antica roseo-ferrugineo submargi- 

 natce, margine exteriore lunulisque exterioribus nigricantibus, 

 fascia obliqua ferruginea, strigis transversis discalibus testa- 

 ceis undulosis guttisque tribus argenteis ; postica fuscce, albo 

 ciliatce. 



Male. Orange-tawny. Antennae testaceous. Thorax with 

 some testaceous liairs. Abdomen pale brown, testaceous at the 

 base and at the tip, whitish beneath and on the hind borders of the 

 segments; apical hairs clavate, with brown tips. Legs whitish. 

 Fore wings pinkish ferruginous in front and towards the exterior 

 border, which is blackish, and with a row of blackish lunules en- 

 closing an orange-tawny apical band; the pinkish ferruginous sub- 

 apical part is bounded on the inner side by an oblique ferruginous 

 band, and in the disk there are some testaceous undulating trans- 

 verse streaks, and a triangular silvery spot, which is accompanied 



