BRACHYHERCA. 
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Genus BRACHYHERCA, nov. 
Type, B. saphobasis. 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 
2nd joint reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in 
front and fringed with long hair behind, the 3rd long and 
fringed with long hair behind; frons smooth, with tuft of 
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male pectinate 
with long branches on outer side and with long bristles and 
cilia on inner side, the apex with bristles and cilia ; thorax 
clothed with rough hair and hair-like scales and without 
crests, the male with tufts of long spatulate scales from 
below the tegulae ; tibiae fringed with rather long hair ; 
abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the 
apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and not crenu- 
late ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper 
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 
11 from cell ; the cell on underside clothed with long hair. 
Hind wing with the cell about one-fourth length of wing ; 
vein 2 from close to angle ; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed 
from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing 
with the cell near base only. 
Brachyherca saphobasis, n. sp. 
<$■ Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with some grey ; 
antennae dark brown ; palpi bright red-brown, the 3rd joint 
irrorated with white and white at tips, the fringe of hair 
behind it dark brown and white ; pectus and legs red-brown, 
the fore and mid tarsi ochreous white, the spurs and hind 
tarsi banded fuscous and whitish ; abdomen dark reddish 
brown with some whitish at base, the ventral surface pale 
reddish brown. Fore wing with the basal area pale red-brown 
mixed with purplish grey, its outer edge oblique from middle 
of costa to inner margin before middle followed by a broad 
deep chocolate-brown shade extending on costal area to apex, 
the rest of terminal area brown tinged •with blue-grey ; ante- 
medial line dark brown, oblique to median nervure, then 
faint and inwardly oblique ; a faint dentate brown sub- 
terminal line. Hind wing reddish brown tinged with blue- 
grey ; a faint dark medial line, excurved below vein 4 ; an 
indistinct waved dark subterminal line with a few white 
scales on its inner half and a more distinct mark at submedian 
fold ; a terminal series of minute whitish points. Underside 
brown suffused and irrorated with whitish ; fore wing with 
the costal area irrorated with bluish white to beyond middle, 
a minute white discoidal spot, indistinct dark medial line 
