LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 
933 
Desmia Tellesalis. 
Foem. Nigricante-fusca , sat valida ; caput testaceum ; palpi as - 
cendentes , graciles , arcuati , articulo 3 o lineari ; alee purpurea 
nitentes , lineis interiore et exteriore albis semihgalinis latis non 
concisis ; anticce costa maculaque exteriore costali lestaceo-albis , 
macula discali subquadrata alba . 
Female . Blackish brown, moderately stout, whitish beneath. 
Head testaceous above. Palpi slender, curved, obliquely ascending, 
not rising higher than the head ; third joint linear, rounded at the 
tip, less than half the length of the second. Pectus pure white in 
front. Wings moderately broad, tinged with purple ; interior and 
exterior lines white, semihyaline, broad, irregular ; fringe white to- 
wards the interior angle ; under side with the white colour more pre- 
valent. Fore wings partly testaceous-white along the costa, and 
with an exterior costal testaceous-white spot ; a subquadrate white 
spot between the two lines. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 
10 lines. 
This and the following species have most resemblance to the 
form of D. Opisalis . 
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Desmia? Rhceoalis. 
Mas. Cinerea , valida ; palpi graciles , breves , subascendentes , 
articulo 3 o lineari obtuso ; antennee robuste , bis angulate , 
apices versus subincrassatce sub fasciculate , apice convolute ; 
abdomen alas posticas superans , guttis ventralibus laleralibus 
albis ; ale lineis interiore et exteriore nigricantibus albido 
marginatis , lunulis marginalibus nigris ; antice subfalcate , 
linea exteriore Jlexa , maculis tribus subcostalibus albis . 
Male . Cinereous, moderately stout, whitish beneath. Palpi 
slender, short, slightly ascending ; third joint linear, obtuse at the 
tip, about half the length of the second. Antennae stout, bent in 
the middle, bent and slightly incrassated and tufted near the tips, 
convoluted from thence to the tips. Abdomen extending some dis- 
tance beyond the hind wings, with white dots on each side beneath. 
Wings moderately broad ; interior and exterior lines blackish, 
whitish-bordered on the outer side ; marginal lunules black ; fringe 
whitish at the base. Fore wings almost subfalcate ; exterior line 
much bent; three white spots in a line near the costa; the second 
4 M 2 
