170 ME. F. WALKEB ON HETEEOCEEOUS LEPTDOPTEEA 



brown. Fore wings whitish, with a ferruginous costal stripe, which 

 contains some black marks, and is notched along its hind side ; the 

 latter dilated in the middle, and containing an oblong whitish spot. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Gen. Badausa, n. g. 



Fatm. Corpus vohviS,t\xm. Proboscis conspicua. Pa//>i graciles, oblique 

 ascendentes, valde compressi ; articulus 3u3 lanceolatus, 2' dimidio 

 brevior. Antennce subpubescentes. Abdomen alas posticas nou su- 

 jierans. Pedes sat robusti ; tibia; posticaj pilosa;, calcaribus quatuor 

 longissimis. Alee anticae latte, apice rectangidatse. 

 Female. Body stout. Frontal tuft prominent. Proboscis distinct. 

 Palpi slender, obliquely ascending, extremely compressed ; 3rd joint 

 lanceolate, less than half the length of the 2nd. Antenna; very mi- 

 nutely pubescent. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs somewhat stout ; hind tibiae pilose, with four very long spm-s. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings rectangular at the tips; costa straight; 

 exterior border oblique hindward. 

 This genus hardly forms part of the family with which it is here placed, 



and perhaps it is not one of the Noctuites ; it has some affinity to the 



Hi/penid(e, 



376. Badausa hypenoides, n. s. Fcem. Obscure ferrugineo-fusca, 

 abdomine absque posticis aeneo-fuscis, alis anticis spatio marginali 

 cinereo lineam albidam angulosam includente, lineis duabus nigris, 

 1" undulata, 2" postice abbreviata, puncto discali nigro. 



Female. Dark ferruginous brown, cinereous brown beneath. Abdo- 

 men and hind wings aeneous brown. Fore wings with a large cine- 

 reous space along the border on each side of the interior angle, and 

 including a whitish zigzag submarginal line ; interior and exterior 

 lines black, the former imdulating, the latter shortened hindward 

 by the cinereous part ; a black discal point between the lines ; sub- 

 marginal line obsolete in front, exce))t near the costa, where it is 

 white and distinct. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 

 lines. 



Gen. AsTA, n. g. 



Mas. Corpw* crassum. Proboscis vohusta. P«/^i verticem superantes ; 

 articulus 2"' subarcuatus, subdilatatus ; 3"^ linearis, gracilis, 2' dimidio 

 non longior. Antennce validac, glabrae. Abdomen alas posticas supe- 

 rans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus, compressus. Pedes robusti, pilosi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longissimis. Alee amplae; anticae 

 apice rotundatfe. 



Male. Body very robust. Proboscis stout, of moderate length. Palpi 

 ascending higher than the vertex ; 2nd joint slightly curved and di- 

 lated ; 3rd linear, slender, about half the length of the 2nd. Antennae 

 stout, smooth. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings ; 



