LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCE RA. 547 



wings with several red spots, some of which form two irregular and 

 nearly interrupted bands. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 11 lines. 



a. Nepaul. Presented by Major-General Hardwicke. 



Genus 125. SESAPA. 



Mas et Fcem. Corpus gracile, non Ion gum. Palpi capite bre- 

 viores ; articulus 3us acuminatus, 2o brevior. Antennae graciles, 

 setaceae, subsetosae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans, maris 

 apice foreipatum. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 mediocribus. Alae latiusculae, non longae ; anticae ad costam con- 

 vexae, apice conicae, margine postico rotundato non angulato. 



Male and Female. Body slender, not long. Palpi shorter than 

 the head; third joint acuminated, shorter than the second. An- 

 tennae slender, setaceous, minutely setose. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings, foreipated at the tip in the male. Legs 

 slender; hind tibiae with four spurs of moderate length. Wings 

 rather broad, not long. Fore wings convex in front, conical at the 

 tips; hind border rounded, not angular; third inferior \ein near to 

 the second at the base ; fourth remote from the third. 



1. Sesapa inscripta. 



Mas. Rosea ; palpi et pedes nigri ; abdomen supra nigricans, 

 apice testaceum ; ala? anticce fasciis tribus nigris^ \a recta, 2a 

 angulosa, Sa guttulari ; posticae margine lata nigra apicali. 

 Fcem. Alba; thorax roseo macuhJus ; ala anticce fasciis 

 tribus nigris, marginibus roseis, subtus omnino rosea ; posticce 

 subrosea?. 



Male. Bright rose-colour. Palpi black. Proboscis testaceous. 

 Antennae brown. Abdomen mostly black above, testaceous at the 

 tip. Legs black. Fore wings with a slender black band a little 

 before the middle ; beyond this there is an extremely zigzag black 

 band, and beyond the latter a curved band of black dots ; fringe 

 black ; under side with a black subapical band. Hind wings with 

 a broad black apical border. Female. White. Thorax with rosy 

 spots. Abdomen mostly black. Fore wings rosy beneath and with 

 rose-coloured borders above, and with black marks like those of the 

 male, but more irregular. Hind wings with a slight rosy tinge. 

 Length of the body *2J — 3J lines ; of the wings 7 — 10 lines. 



a, b. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



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