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Underside with the i5trignhie, which are more nnmerons, and the odsres of the 

 fasciae plainer, on a ligliter gronnd ; the fasciae all dark along the costa. 



Thorax and abdomen like wings ; head and palpi darker, deeper brown. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



One ? from Amboina, Angnst 1892 (W. Doherty). 



Nearest to B. praensta Warr. from Batchian and //enntesrens sp. no\-. iVom 

 Celebes. 



3. Banisia interalbicaus ^\). uov. 



Forcwings : pale grey, passing into dove-colour, and becoming rnfous towards 

 the margin ; the grey costal and basal portions traversed by miuntely waved darlc 

 gre_v strignlae, which are outwardly oblique below costa and inwardly oblique in the 

 lower half ; these strignlae tend to form a sinuous line, edging a slightly darker 

 basal area, at one-third, and beyond, two narrow vertical fasciae, of which the onter 

 one is darker, and followed by a single line ; a pale chestnnt jiatch on costa before 

 apex, finely edged outwardly with black and followed by a snow-white sjiot, with a 

 few smaller ones and black scales l)eyond ; outer fawn-coloured area with scattered 

 black atoms ; fringe fawu-colonr. 



ITindu'tnffs : with a deeji chocolate bar at base, followed by a white fascia, 

 which gradually deepens into a broad central chocolate fascia, concisely edged 

 externally, followed again by a white fascia, which deepens into fawn-colour along 

 the margin and in the fringes ; the j)ale outer area contains some fine dark dots 

 arranged in lines ; two more conspicnous beyond cell, and a brown black-edged spot 

 at anal angle. 



Underside whitish, suffused with pale fawn-colour ; basal area and snbapical 

 blotch jiale chestnut ; apex whitish : median fascia marked by a black-brown blotch 

 below the middle ; hindwings with the base and median fixscia pale chestnut. Face 

 and palpi fawn-colour ; fillet paler ; vertex and collar rich brown ; thorax and 

 abdomen pale pearly grey ; the abdomen with a black-brown basal and median ring. 



Expanse of wings : 27 mm. 



One ? from Penungah, N. Borneo, December 1S93 (Cator). 



Allied to B. trifrophva Swinh., but decidedly smaller, and wirli oilier markings. 



4. Banisia pernitescens sp. nov. 



Foreioings : dark greyish brown, with a sliglit rufous tinge, very glossy, with 

 minnte reticulations which are most visible towards the hiudmargin ; basal area 

 clouded with darker ; an inwardly oblique dark line near base, and a similar one 

 from costa beyond one-third, curved outwards at inner margin ; an irregular and 

 obscure central fascia, narrow at costa, its outer edge curved outwards and broken 

 up into two or three lines which end in anal angle, its inner arm irregularly angled 

 and constricted on submedian fold : three or four ramifying lines occupy the ajiical 

 area ; fringe glossy, greA'-brown. 



nirulwim/s : paler, slightly fulvous-tinged, crossed by numerous irregular dark 

 ramifying streaks. 



Underside glossy, paler, with the transverse streaks and minute reticulations 

 slightly clearer. Head and thorax dark brownish : ali<louien jialer. 



Ex]ianse of wings : 40 mm. 



