﻿1006 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 9. EUSICADA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis raediocriter longa. Palpi 

 porrecti, caput superantes ; articulus 3us cylindricus, sat validus, 2i 

 dimidio brevior. Antennae validae, subserratae, subciliatae. Abdo- 

 men alas posticas triente superans ; latera fasciculata. Pedes 

 validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alae anticae longius- 

 culae, non latae, apud costam reclae, apice rectangulataB, margine 

 exteriore angulato. 



Body ratber stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi porrect, 

 extending some distance beyond tbe head ; third joint cylindrical, 

 rather stout, not half the length of the second. Antennae stout, 

 minutely serrated and ciliated. Abdomen with lateral tufts, ex- 

 tending nearly one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout, pilose; hind tibiae with long spurs. Fore wings rather long, 

 not broad, straight along the costa, rectangular at the tips ; exterior 

 border forming a distinct angle in the middle, very oblique along 

 the hinder half. 



1. RUSICADA NIGETTARSIS. 



Mas. Cervina, suhtus pallida; caput et thorax anticus flaves- 

 centia ; abdomen albido-cervinum ; alee anticce lineis tribus 

 transversis angulosis nigricantibus, 2a antice Saque postice 

 abbreviatis, linea submarginali subfuscescente denticulata in- 

 distincta, orbiculari e gutta alba nigricante marginata^ reni- 

 formi e guttis duabus nigricantibus, anguli marginalis lateri- 

 bus rectis, ciliis apice ex parte albis ; posticm pallidce ; tarsi 

 nigricantes albido fasciati ; tibice anticce alb ce, 



Male, Fawn-colour, pale beneath. Head and fore part of the 

 thorax somewhat yellowish. Abdomen whitish fawn-colour. Fore 

 wings with three blackish transverse zigzag lines, the second 

 shortened in front and the third hindward ; submarginal line 

 slightly brownish, denticulate, indistinct; orbicular spot indicated 

 by a white blackish-bordered dot ; reniform marked by two blackish 

 dots, one at some distance behind the other ; exterior border 

 straight on each side of the angle ; tips of the ciliae partly white. 

 Hind wings paler than the fore wings. Tarsi blackish, with 

 whitish bands ; fore tibiae white. Length of the body 7 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



