LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
887 
shorter than the second. Antennae slender. Thorax squamous. 
Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, 
hardly stout. Wings broad, purple-tinged, with two broad straight 
oblique diffuse cupreous bands. Fore wings acute, inclining to 
a subfalcate form ; discal lunule white ; exterior border moderately 
oblique. Hind wings with a white discal iunule on the under side. 
Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 
The structure and acute wings of this species and its other 
characters are sufficient to distinguish it as forming a distinct 
group of the genus. 
a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 
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Bocana Moloalis. 
Mas. Purpurascente-cinerea , robusta , fusco dense conspersa ; palpi 
longi , validi , compressi , pilosi , usque ad thoracem recurvi , 
articulo 3o lanceolato ; antennae graciles , vix pubescentes ; 
thorax ochraceo notatus ; abdomen alas posticus paullo su- 
perans ; alee anticce apice rotundatce , fascia lata ochracea 
lunulum discalem lineamque exteriorem undulatam fuscas in - 
cludente , linea denticnlata submarginali pallide cinerea ; pos- 
ticce fuscescente-cinerece . 
Male. Purplish cinereous, robust, thickly brown-speckled. 
Palpi long, stout, compressed, pilose, recurved over the head to the 
fore part of the thorax ; third joint lanceolate, a little shorter than 
the second. Antennae slender, hardly pubescent. Thorax and 
costa of the fore wings towards the base ochraceous-marked. Ab- 
domen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 
rounded at the tips, with a broad ochraceous band near the base ; 
this band contains a brown discal lunule and an undulating brown 
line near its outer side, which is also undulating; a pale cinereous 
denticulated submarginal line. Hind wings brownish cinereous. 
Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 
Allied to B. Erythusalis . 
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders collection. 
Bocana? Pamphosalis.^^^^*- 
Foem. Purpurascente-fusca , robusta; palpi ascendentes , longi , 
graciles , glabri , articulo 3 o lineari apice albido ; antennae sat 
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