WALKEE ON DIPTEBA OF ARU ISLANDS. 107 



one white band, which is on the 4th segment. Length of the body 

 4-5 Hnes j of the wings 8-10 Unes. 



Gen. Bengalia, Besv. 



106. Bengalia spissa, n. s. Mas et Fcem. Fulva, capite nigro 

 antice albo, antennis testaceis, pectore fasciis duabus obliquis albidis, 

 pedibus nigris femoribus basi coxisque fulvis, alis cinereis. 



Male and Female. Tawny. Head black, with silvery tomentum in front, 

 epistoma not prominent ; palpi black ; antenna) testaceous ; pectus 

 with an oblique whitish band on each side ; legs black, femora to- 

 wards the base and coxee tawny ; wings grey, veins black, testaceous 

 towards the base, pra^brachial vein forming an obtuse and rounded 

 angle at its flexure, which is very near the border of the wing, straight 

 from thence to its tip, discal transverse vein straight, parted by much 

 less than its length from the border, and by very much more than its 

 length from the flexure of the pra^brachial ,- alula) testaceous. Length 

 of the body 3|- lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Subfam. Anthomyides, Walk. 

 G-en. Aricta, Mcieq. 



107. Aricia significans, n. s. Mas et Fcem. Fulva, subtus testaeea, 

 capite nigro argenteo-tomentoso, antennis testaceis, thorace vittis 

 tribus albidis, abdominis apice piceo, alis cinereis. 



Male and Female. Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head black, with silvery 

 tomentum, vertex much broader in the female than in the male ; 

 palpi tawny ; . antennas testaceous ; thorax with three whitish stripes 

 in the disk, and with one on each side ; abdomen piceous at the tip ; 

 tarsi blackish towards the tips ; wings cinereous, veins black, tawny 

 towards the base, discal transverse vein hardly undulating, parted by 

 more than its length from the procbrachial transverse, and by less 

 than its length from the border ; alulee pale cinereous, with testaceous 

 borders. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 7 hnes. 



108. Aricia canivitta, n. s. Foim. Fulva, subtus testaeea, capite 

 nigro, facie argentea, palpis antennisque testaceis, thoracis disco, ab- 

 dominis plagis duabus trigonis pedibusque nigris, thorace vitta cana, 

 alis cinereis. 



Female. Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head black, face silvery ; palpi 

 and antennae testaceous ; disk of the thorax blackish, with a broad 

 hoary stripe ; disk of the scuteilum piceous ; second and third seg- 

 ments of the abdomen with triangular black bands ; legs black, coxas 

 and trochanters testaceous; wings grey, veins black, discal trans- 

 verse vein hardly curved inv\^ard, parted by more than half its length 

 from the border, and by a little less than its length from the prse- 

 brachial transverse; alula) pale cinereous, with testaceous borders. 

 Length of the body 3] lines, of the wings 7 lines. 



