﻿1104 CATALOGUE OF 



3. Gadirtha DECRESCENS. 



Mas. Fusca; palpi longi, porrecti ; articulus Zus 2o non Ire- 

 vior ; antennce suhpubescentes ; abdomen alas posticas triente 

 superans ; alee andcce angustce^ ex parte pallidiores^ plagis 

 nonnullis nigris, macula apicali pallida sirigas nigras inclu- 

 denie, lunulis marginalibus nigris, 



Male. Brown, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, long; third 

 joint as long as the second. Anteunse minutely pubescent. Abdo- 

 men extending full one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore wings narrow, varied with pale brown, with some black patches, 

 with a pale apical spot which contains some black streaks, and with 

 black marginal lunules. Hind wings with paler ciliae. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 



Genus 17. CICYNNA. 



Mas, Corpus robustum. Caput bifasciculatum. Proboscis 

 mediocris. Pedes ^alidi, pilosi, subascendentes ; articulus 2us 

 crassus, pilosissimus ; 3us brevis, longi-conicus. Antennae serratae, 

 ciliis plurimis, corporis dimidio non longiores. Thorax squamos&s. 

 Abdomen longum, cylindricum, cristis duplicatis, alas posticus 

 triente superans. Pedes longiusculi, sat graciles ; tibiae anticae bre- 

 viuscula^, subdilatatae ; posticas calcaribus longissimis. Alae nori 

 latse, vix denticulatse ; anticae apud coslam vix convexae, apice 

 subrotundatfie, margine exteriore subconvexo sat obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Head with a tuft on each side at the 

 base of the antennae. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, 

 pilose, slightly ascending ; second joint very stout and pilose; third 

 eionixale-conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae about half the length of the body, rather deeply 

 serrated, the teeth thickly ciliated. Thorax squamose. Abdomen 

 long, cylindrical, with slight double crests towards the base, ex- 

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

 rather long and slender; fore tibiae rather short, slightly dilated; 

 hind tibiae with very long spurs. Wings not broad, very slightly 

 denticulated along the exterior border. Fore wings hardly convex 

 in front, somewhat rounded at the tips, slightly convex and rather 

 oblique along the exterior border. 



