1S3 MR. F. WALKER OK HETEROCEROTJS LEPIDOPTERA 



243. Barbesola defixa, n. s. Mas. Cervina, cinereo iridescente 

 suffusa, alis anticis nigro conspersis, lineis duabus indeterminatis, re- 

 niformi c atomis nigris, gutta basali nigra, LunuKs raarginalibus fuscis 

 alis posticis seneo tinctis. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Head, thorax, and fore wings slightly iridescent 

 or suffused with dove-colour. Fore wings with irregular black speckles, 

 some of which indicate very incompletely the interior and exterior 

 lines, and form the nearly round reniform mark ; a black dot near the 

 base ; marginal lunules brown. Hind wings with an aeneous tinge. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



G-en. Dabarita, Walk, 



244. Dabarita subtilis, Walk. Cat, Lep., 3rd ser. 478, 

 Inhabits also Hindostan. 



Gen. Chora, n. g. 



Fcem. Corpus crassum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi ascendentes, verticem 

 non superantes ; articulus 2 US subarcuatus ; 3 US minimus. Antenna 

 glabra?. Abdomen deprcssum, alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes 

 breves, robusti ; tarsi spinosi. Alee latiusculse ; anticx rectangulatce, 

 costa basi convexa, margine exteriore subtle to. 



Female. Body very stout. Proboscis short. Palpi ascending, not 

 rising higher than the vertex ; 2nd joint slightly curved ; 3rd ex- 

 tremely minute. Antenna? bare. Abdomen somewhat depressed, 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs short, stout; tarsi 

 spinose ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore 

 wings rectangular, but hardly acute at the tips ; costa convex towards 

 the base ; exterior border slightly bent in the middle, oblique hind- 

 ward. 



Allied to Dabarita. 



245. Chora repandens, n. s. Fam. Obscure rufescenti-fusca, sub- 

 tus rufescens, alis anticis cincrco-purpurascente suffusis, linea interiorc 

 subdenticulata vix obliqua, linea exteriore recta cinerca fusco margi- 

 nata non obliqua, disco subtus nigrieantc, alis posticis acneo fuscis. 



Female. Dark-reddish brown, cinereous beneath. Abdomen mouse- 

 colour, reddish along each side and at the tip, brighter red towards 

 the tip beneath. Fore wings mostly suffused with purplish cinereous ; 

 this hue is intersected by a nearly Upright* slightly denticulated inte- 

 rior line; exterior line straight, upright, cinereous, bordered with 

 brown on the outer side ; under side blackish, red towards the exterior 

 border and along the COSta. Hind wings icneous brown, red beneath. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of* the wings 18 lines. 



c 2'i r ). Ch0BA«CURVIFEBAj n. s. Potm. Oehracco-rufa, eorporc subtus 



ulbo, nlis anticis puncto maculaque exteriore discalibus c atomis nigris, 



