﻿1276 CATALOGUE OP 



2. Tavta substruens. 



Mas. Fusca ; palpi articulo 2o subtus nigro-cyaneo ; alee lineis 

 transversis nigricantibus angulosis subpaUido marginatis, 

 fascia submarginali dijffusa obscure fusca lineam angulosam 

 pallidam includenie^ lunulis submarginalibus nigris, punctis 

 7narginalihus pallidis^ lineis subtus duabus obscuris ; anticce 

 orbiculari obsoleta, reniformi sat magna subexcavata obscure 

 fusca^ linea media valde undulata reniformis marginem 

 posticum attingente, macula parva obscure fusca apud mar- 

 ginem interiorem ; posticce apud marginem interiorem testaceo 

 notatis. 



Male, Brown. Palpi fawn-colour on the inner side ; second 

 joint bluish black beneath. Wings with the transverse lines 

 blackish and zigzag, their borders somewhat paler than the ground- 

 colour of the wing; submarginal band dark brown, diffuse, traversed 

 by a zigzag pale line; submarginal lunules black ; a pale marginal 

 point corresponding to each of them ; under side with two dark 

 transverse lines, which are most distinct towards the interior border 

 of the hind wings, and are there each accompanied by a testaceous 

 mark. Fore wings with the orbicular spot obsolete ; the reniform 

 rather large, dark brown, slightly excavated, bordered like the lines ; 

 middle line very deeply undulating, touching the hind border of the 

 reniform spot, and forming a small dark brown spot on the interior 

 border. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



Genus 10. SYRNIA. 



Corpus sat validum. Proboscis robusta, non longa. Palpi 

 longi, ascendentes; articulus 2iis validus, pilosus ; 3us subclavatus, 

 2o vix brevior. Antennae corporis dimidio multo longiores. Pedes 

 longi, validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longissimis. Alae latSB, non 

 longae, valde denticulatse ; anticae apice subrotundatag, raargine 

 exteriore sat obliquo ; posticas abdomen superantes. Mas, — Antennae 

 selosae. 



Syrnia, p. Hubn, Verz, Schmett. 273. Guen. Noct. iii. 156. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis robust, not long. Palpi 

 long, ascending; second joint stout, pilose; third slightly widening 

 from the base to the tip, hardly shorter than the second. Antennae 

 much more than half the length of the body. Abdomen not ex- 



