﻿LEPIDOPTliRA HETEROCERA. 1301 



2. Patula Boopis. 



Major; alee ferrugineo-fusccBy cupreo siibtinctce, lineis transversis 

 nigricantibus undulatis et anyulosis^ fascia submarginali e 

 strigU sublunatis nigris^ lunulis submarginalibus maculisque 

 subtus albis ; anticcB ocello maximo ferritgineo, lituris albis 

 atit cceruleisy lunula margineque nigris, lunula antice dilatata, 



Patula Boopis, Guen, Nod. iii. 178, 1569. 



This and P. Macrops can hardly be considered as two species. 



Silhet. 



Genus 5. ARGIVA. 



Corpus sat validum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi erecti, lon- 

 ^iusculi ; articulus 2us sat validus, subpilosus ; 3us gracilliraus, 

 apicem versus vix decrescens, 2o paullo brevior. Antennae simpli- 

 ces, graciles, corporis dirnidio valde lonq^iores. Pedes longi, sat 

 graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alag amplae ; anticae 

 apice angulatae, raargine exieriore denticulate subobliquo. Man. — 

 Abdomen cylindricuin. Alae posticae incisuris tribus,non denticu- 

 latae, abdomen paullo superantes. Fcem. — Abdomen conicum, 

 brevius. Alae posticae subdenticulatae, abdomen valde superantes. 



Argiva, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett, 272. Guen, Nod. iii. 178. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 vertical, rather long ; second joint moderately stout, slightly pilose ; 

 third very slender, hardly tapering from the base to the tip, not 

 much shorter than the second. Antennae simple, slender, much 

 more than half the length of the body. Abdomen of the male cy- 

 lindrical, shorter than that of the female, which is conical. Lej^s 

 long, rather slender ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings ample. 

 Fore wings rounded along the exterior part of the costa, angular at 

 the tips, denticulated and slightly oblique along the exterior bor- 

 der. Male. — Hind wings not denticulated, but with two large shal- 

 low notches, extending a little beyond the abdomen. Female. — 

 Hind wings slightly denticulated, extending much beyond the 

 abdomen. 



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