﻿1750 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus BORSIPPA. 



Mas. Corpus robustura. Proboscis brevis. Palpi brevis, 

 crassi, asceadentes ; articulus 3us conicus, minimus. Antennae 

 setaceas, pubescentes, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas 

 posticas noil siiperans ; fasciculus apicalis depressus. Pedes sat 

 graciles ; tibiee posticae pilis longis vestitae, calcaribus longis. Alae 

 mediocres, fimbriis latis; anticae apud costarn rectae, apice rotun- 

 data, margine exteriore obliquo. 



Male, Body stout. Proboscis sbort. Palpi short, thick. 

 ascending; second joint stout; third conical, very minute, less than 

 one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae setaceous, pubes- 

 cent, more than half the length of the body. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft flat. Legs rather 

 slender ; hind tibiae with Ions: hairs ; spurs long. Wings mode- 

 rately broad ; fringe deep. Fore winjjs straight along the costa, 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border moderately oblique. 



1. BORSIPPA QUADRILINEATA. 



Mas. Pallide cervina, subtus cinerea ; alee anticce rufescenle | 



conspersce, lineis quaiuor Iransoersis fuscis, ia brevissima, «a ! 



subrecta, 3a 4aque subarcuatis subparallelis, macula playaqie j 



exteriore maxima atris^ pimclis marginalibus pallidis ; pa- | 

 ticcE cinerea, gutia discali fasca, 



Male, Pale fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Fore wings with 

 numerous reddish speckles, and with four transverse brown lines ; 

 first or basal half line very short; second nearly straight; third and 

 fourth slightly curved, almost parallel, having between them a deep 

 black spot ; space between the fourth line and the exterior border 

 mostly occupied by a very large deep black patch, which is 

 excavated on the inner side towards the costa, and is somewhat 

 cinereous towards the exterior border, where tiiere is a row of pale 

 points. Hind wings cinereous, with a brown dot in the disk. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a, b. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



