24.12.2014 Views

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IttSTITUTE

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IttSTITUTE

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IttSTITUTE

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

:tEPIDol'TEl1.4. BBTEKOCEBA. 69<br />

56. NEPUOPTnRYX SIONIFERA.<br />

Mas. Pallido cinerco-cervina, robllsto.; llalpi IUcendmte" arcuat"<br />

articulo 30 lanceolalo; antel'l.nre subprlbescentes, baH ineflU­<br />

.atee; pedes 'IIalidi, tibiis poslicis subjimbriatis; aire antiere<br />

.ubactlleB, costa intmore albida, jlUcia cllIteriore lata pallide<br />

ceruina striga,n 'IIigram arcllatam incllldente, linea submarginali<br />

areuata pallide cinerea, pllnctis marginalibll8 nigm,<br />

costa interiore incraB8ata; po,tictJ! pallide ci1terell, Bub/&yalincs,<br />

COlta JUBcllcente.<br />

Male. Pulo cinereous fawn-colour, stout. Palpi ascending,<br />

ourved over the front, not rising higller than the vertex; third .faint<br />

lanoeoluto, mh.lutc, not more than one-foul'tb of tbe length of the<br />

seoond. Antennl8 JDillutely pubosoent, inorassated at the base.<br />

Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout;<br />

llind tibim slightly fringed. Wings elongate, rather narrow. ,Fore<br />

wings slightly aeute, whiti~h ulong tbe illterior part of the costa; a<br />

broad palo fawn-coloured exterior baDd, which contains l\ outved<br />

black diseal streak i submarginal line pale cinereou9, curved outward;<br />

marginal poillts blaok j intorior part of tho costa incl'8sssted,<br />

containing a tuft of long hairs; exterior border sligbtly convex,<br />

moderately oblique. Hind wings pulo cinereouIJ, sligbtly hyaline,<br />

brownish along tho oosta. Length or the body 5, lines i of the<br />

wings 12 lilies.<br />

SarlLwak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' oollectioD.<br />

57. NEPIIOPTEIl.YX INDEOlSA.<br />

Fmm. PaUMa cinerea: fJalpi ol'Pcti, Bubarc'Uati, vertie,m per.<br />

paullo ,ullcrantes, articulo 30 10llgi-cotlicq i alm antietS sub­<br />

GeuteB, nigra 1111) parte cllnspror'tB, ealtus jerruginell, linea medio<br />

nigra; po,'ictlI cincreaJ, .ubhyalinaJ.<br />

Female. Pule cinoroou8, slightly brownish beneath. Palpi<br />

orect, slightly ourvod, rislllg vory liltlo higber than the vertex l<br />

tbird joint olongatc-colliol~l, less tban balf tbo length of the seoond.<br />

Abdomen hardly exumding beyond tbo bind wings. Wings elongate,<br />

rather DIll'row. )!'III'e wings "lightly ncute, mostly ferruginous<br />

exteriorly, with II fow bluck speckles towards the base, and with a.<br />

black tl'ansvel'se middlo line; eXlerior part with 'Ol'y few black<br />

speckles i exterior bOl'dol' slightly convex, father oblique, Hind<br />

wings oillereouB, slightly llYlllino, wiLh au moeons Llnge. Length<br />

of tho body 4. linus; of' tbe wings 10 lines.<br />

SlIrnwak, Borneo. III Mr. Saunders' colleotion.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!