﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETfiROCERA 



of the thorax white. Abdomen and hind wings testaceous; the 

 latter whitish at the base. Fore wings brownish about the exterior 

 border, where tliere are three black points hindward ; three slight 

 brown undulating Hues. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 13 lines. 



North Hindoslan. In the East India Company's collection. 



Genus BAGADA. 



Focm, Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi pilosi, 

 oblique ascendentes; articulus 3us linearis, 2i dimidio non brevior. 

 Antennae corporis dimidio valde longiores. Abdomen basi subcris- 

 latum, alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi, subpilosi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus longissimis. Alae mediocres ; anticae apud costani 

 rectae, apice rectangulatae, margine exteriore vix denticulate postice 

 perobliquo. 



Female. Body rather stout. Proboscis short. Palpi pilose, 

 obliquely ascending ; third joint linear, rounded at the tip, about 

 halt' the length of the second. Antennae much more than half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings, slightly crested at the base. Legs stout, slightly pilose; 

 hind tibiae with very long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings straight along the cosia, rectangular at the tips ; exterior 

 border hardly denticulated ; its hind part very oblique. 



L Bagada pyrochroma. 



Foem. Rufescens, suhlus cinerea ; caput et thorax anllcus fusca ; 

 abdomen cinereitm ; alee anticce apud coalayn testacece^ playa 

 costali subapicali albido-testacea, macula discali subquadrata 

 nigra, punctis paucis discalibus elonyatis albis, punctis mar- 

 ginalihus nigris, margine interiore cinereo ; posticce cmerece, 

 apud m,arginem exteriorem subfuscescenies, fimbria pallida. 



Female. Reddish, cinereous beneath. Head and fore part of 

 the thorax brown. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings mostly testa- 

 ceous in front, with a whitish testaceous costal subapical patch; a 

 black subquadrale discal spot, near which the exterior line is 

 indistinctly visible ; some few elongated whitish points in the disk ; 

 marginal points black; interior border cinereous. Hind wings 



7 M 3 



