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vitreous, broad ; veins black. Fore wings with a green stigraa ; 

 submarginal and marginal areolets elongated, regular; discal areo- 

 lets irregular, mostly hexagonal ; nine parallel oblique costal vein- 

 lets between the base of the wing and the stiguia. Hind wings with 

 few veins and very few veinlets. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of 

 the wings 9 lines. 



a. Mexico, From M. Salle's collection. 



RiCANIA SDBGUTTATA. 



Testacea ; vertex linea transversa nigra ; frons longiuscula, trica- 

 rinata; fades unicarinata ; prothorax coiiicus, unicarinatus , 

 mesothorax bicarinatus ; abdominis segrnenta nigro fasciata ; 

 alcB cinereo-vitrecB, venis nigris ; anticce apud margines sub- 

 luridce, guttis duabus {una costali, altera postica) guttisque 

 subcostalibus et submarginalibus^ strigis marginalibus fasciaque 

 abbreviata fuscis ; posticcB apud margines fuscce. 



Testaceous. Vertex almost concealed by the prothorax, with 

 a black line along its fore border ; front vertical, about twice longer 

 than broad, with slightly elevated borders,, and with three keels ; 

 middle keel very slight ; lateral pair converging and united towards 

 the face, which has a single keel. Prothorax conical, with one 

 keel. Mesothorax with two keels. Abdomen with a short black 

 band on each segment. Wings grayish vitreous ; veins black. 

 Fore wings with a lurid tinge about the borders, with a brown costal 

 dot, with brown subcostal and submarginal dots, with a pale brown 

 streak on each marginal areolet, and with one brown dot on the in- 

 terior border ; a dark brown band at two-thirds of the length obso- 

 lete towards the interior border. Hind wings mostly brown along 

 the borders. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Celebes. From jNIadame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



Genus BENNA, Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 157. 



Benna clausans. 

 Benna clarescens. Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 158, 84. 

 a. Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



