LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
931 
Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs 
smooth, slender. Wings moderately broad, with a purplish tinge 
and with two dark purple lines, which include a yellow band; the 
latter is abbreviated hindward ; fringe cinereous, with two yellow 
spaces, blackish towards the base. Fore wings acute, marked with 
yellow towards the base ; costa mostly yellow, with black marks ; 
a third dark purple line ; some yellow marks along the exterior side 
of the second line. Hind wings with a yellow band between 
the first line and the base ; a yellow spot by the middle of the ex- 
terior border. Length of the body lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Desmia? illectalis. 
(Salbia illectalis, p. 362.) 
Var. Mas. Cinereo-fusca , gracilis ; palpi ascendentes , lati , bre- 
vissimi ; antenna: pubescentes , ante medium jlexce et sub- 
incrassatce ; abdomen albidum , alas posticas superans , maculis 
duabus apicalibus nigris ; alee purpurascente eeneoque nitentes , 
linea submarginali indistincta , linea marginali albida ; an- 
ticce acutce , linea interiore antice dilatata , striga guttisque 
duabus costalibus, reniformi quadrata lineaque submarginali 
bis dilatata albidis. 
Var. Male. Cinereous-brown, slender, white beneath. Palpi 
ascending, broad, very short; third joint very minute. Antennae 
pubescent, bent and slightly incrassated before the middle. Abdo- 
men whitish, extending rather beyond the hind wings, with a black 
spot on each side at the tip. Legs white, smooth, slender. Wings 
moderately broad, with a purplish and aeneous tinge ; submarginal 
line indistinct ; marginal line whitish ; fringe darker towards the 
base, white towards the interior angle. Fore wings acute ; fore part 
of the interior line forming an elongated whitish spot ; a whitish 
costal streak in front of the quadrate whitish reniform mark, and 
having beyond it two whitish costal dots ; submarginal line forming 
a whitish spot at each end. Length of the body 4J lines ; of the 
wings 10 lines. 
Allied to D. Tellesalis in structure. 
a. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
