1190 CATALOGUE OF 



more than half the length of the costa from the base. Female, — 

 Body partly reddish. Length of the body 9 — 10 lines; of the 

 wings 34 — 36 lines. 



a, b. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



Genus 21. GANISA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 breves, validi, ascendentes ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae sat 

 late pectinatae, thorace paullo longiores. Alae latae ; anticae apud 

 costam vix convexae, apice angulatae, margine exteriore recto sub- 

 obliquo, interiore ciliato ; posticae apud apices subtruncatae, abdo- 

 men superantes. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi 

 short, stout, ascending, pilose ; first joint very short ; third very 

 small. Antennae rather deeply pectinated, a little longer than the 

 thorax. Abdomen extending to two-thirds or three-fourths of the 

 breadth of the hind wings. Wings broad. Fore wings slightly 

 convex along the costa, angular at the tips ; exterior border straight, 

 slightly oblique ; interior angle rounded; interior border ciliated; 

 first and second inferior veins contiguous at the base ; third much 

 nearer to the second than to the fourth. Hind wings rounded, and 

 almost truncated at the tips, straight along the exterior border, 

 which forms a sharp and almost right angle with the interior 

 border. 



1. Ganisa postica. 



Mas. Fusca ; thoracis discus et alee glaucescentia ; al<B anticoR 

 gutta discali nigra fasciisque plurimis linearibus undulosis 

 obscure fuscis ; posticce fasciis nonnullis undulosis strigaque 

 exteriore obscure fuscis . 



Male. Brown, paler beneath. Disk of the thorax and wings 

 with a slight glaucous tinge. Fore wings with a black discal dot, 

 around which the glaucous hue is most conspicuous ; two broad 

 darker brown bands, each composed of several slight undulating 

 bands, one between the discal dot and the base of the wing, the 

 other beyond the discal dot ; beyond this outer band there is a 

 darker brown more distinct and hardly curved oblique band, which 

 is intersected by a glaucous line and disappears towards the costa ; 

 under side with the first and third bands obsolete, the second band 

 more diffuse ; a black discal dot near the base. Hind wings with a 

 brown band corresponding to the first one of the fore wings, and 



