1188 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 20. TAGORA. 



Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi porrecti, validi, pilosissimi, 

 caput paullo superantes; articulus 3us minimus. Antenna? thorace 

 longiores. Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus 

 parvis apicalibus. Alae lata? ; anticae apud costam subrectae, apice 

 vix falcatae, margine exteriore subobliquo vix convexo. Mas. — An- 

 tennae late pectinatae. Abdomen sat gracile. Fo?m. — Antennae vix 

 pectinaiae. Abdomen validum. 



Proboscis not visible. Palpi stout, porrect, very pilose, extend- 

 ing a little beyond the head ; third joint very minute. Antennae 

 longer than the thorax. Abdomen not extending so far as the hind 

 wings. Legs stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with two small apical spurs. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings almost straight along the costa till near 

 the tip of the latter, where they are slightly convex, hardly hooked 

 at the tips ; slightly oblique and hardly convex along the exterior 

 border; interior angle rounded; three inferior veins; second much 

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

 pectinated. Abdomen rather slender. Female. — Antennae very 

 minutely pectinated. Abdomen rather stout. 



1. Tagora glaucescens. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; palpi supra nigricantes ; antennae latis- 

 sime pectinatae ; alee obscure fuscce glaucescentes, basi ferru- 

 gineo-fuscce, fasciis nonnullis nigricantibus unaque obliqua 

 fere recta ferruginea nigro margin ata ; anticae gutta discali 

 jlava ; posticae abdomen vix superantes. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown. Palpi above and antennae blackish, 

 the latter very deeply pectinated. Wings above dark brown, ferru- 

 ginous-brown towards the base, with glaucous reflexions, which are 

 most prevalent towards the exterior border; some slight undulating 

 blackish bands, and a more distinct nearly straight oblique ferrugi- 

 nous band, which is bordered with black on each side, and extends 

 from the tips of the fore wings to two-thirds of the length of the in- 

 terior border of the hind wings; under side with a submarginal 

 band of glaucous lunules. Fore wings with a yellow discal dot. 

 Hind wings extending very little beyond the abdomen. Length of 

 the body 15 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



a. Himalaya Mountains. From Capt. Parry's collection. 



