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2. Basiana cervina. 
Mas. Pallide cervina ; caput fascia antica cinereo-fusca ; alee 
anticce f asciis paucis undulatis , disco ex parte plagaque apicali 
obscurioribus ; posticce rufescentes , antice et apud angulum 
interiorem testaceee. 
Male and female. Pale fawn-colour. Head with a cinereous- 
brown band in front of the antennae, which are white. Fore wings 
with a few darker undulating bands, and with part of the disk and 
a patch at the tip of the costa of the same hue. Hind wings red- 
dish, testaceous in front and along the interior border, and with tes- 
taceous ciliae. Length of the body 16 — 20 lines; of the wings 
40 — 56 lines. 
a—c. North India. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
3. Basiana postica. 
Testacea ; antennee fulvee ; caput et thorax linea nigricante ; ab- 
domen macula basali nigricante , disco cervino ; pedes ferru- 
ginei ; alee anticce macula basali nigra ; posticce lulece , plaga 
basali vittaque externa angusta subundulata nigris. 
Testaceous. Antennae tawny. Head and thorax with a 
blackish line. Abdomen mostly fawn-colour on the disk, and with 
a blackish spot at the base. Hind wings luteous, with a black 
patch at the base, and with a slender undulating black stripe near 
the exterior border. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 32 
lines. 
a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius’ collection. 
“ Gives out sounds, resembling those of a Lamia , for minutes 
together.” — MSS. 
Cenus 36. DAPHNUSA. 
Corpus robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi breves, validi, 
recurvi. Abdomen oblanceolatum, thorace plus duplo longius. 
Pedes validi, pilosi, breviusculi ; tibiae posticae non calcaratae. Alae 
mediocriter laiae, non longae ; anticae apud costam subrectae, vix 
acuminatae, apud marginem exteriorem subrectae, mediocriter ob- 
liquae ; postico apice rotundatae, margine exteriore integro. 
