﻿1098 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Briabda DECENS. 



Mas et foem. Cinerea ; thorax fascia fuscescente ; al<B anticm 

 pallide cinerece^ apud marginem exteriorem obscuriores^ fascia 

 plagisque duabus costalibus exterioribus obscure fuscis, guttis 

 submarginalibus nigricantibus ; postictB margine latissimo 

 fusco, ciliis ex parte cinereis, Mas. — Abdomen cristis fus- 

 cescentibus ; alee anticce fasciafusca pallidiore. 



Male and female. Cinereous. Thorax with an indistinct 

 brownish band. Abdomen of the male with brownish crests. Fore 

 wings pale cinereous, darker along the exterior border, with a dark 

 brown band and two dark brown exterior costal patches ; the band 

 dilated along the costa towards the base, near which there is a 

 slight indication of another band ; a paler brown band extending in 

 the male from the first patch to the interior border; a row of 

 blackish submar^inal dots. Hind wings with a very broad brown 

 border ; cilise partly cinereous. Length of the body 7 — 8 lines ; of 

 the wings 18 lines. 



a, b. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



2. Briarda peecedens. 



Fcem. Pallide cervina ; palporum articulus ^us 2o vix brevior ; 

 thorax antice fuscescens ; abdomen pallide cinereum; alee an- 

 ticce lineis transversis angulosis plagisque costalibus fuscis, his 

 tineas nigras angulosas includentibus ; posticce pallide cinerece^ 

 fascia lata marginali obscuriore. 



Female. Pale fawn-colour, pale cinereous beneath. Third 

 joint of the palpi hardly shorter than the second. Thorax brownish 

 in front. Abdomen pale cinereous. Fore wings with some trans- 

 verse zigzag brown lines, and with brown costal patches which are 

 traversed by zigzag black lines; first patch basal; second much 

 larger than the first, and emitting a branch almost to the exterior 

 border ; third apical and slightly divided ; a brown streak at the 

 base of the interior border, and a row of black marginal dots. Hind 

 wings pale cinereous, with a broad darker marginal band, which is 

 most distinct beneath. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 17 lines. 



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



by c. Ceylon. From the Rev. J. Wenham's collection. 



d. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



