FROM THE INDIAN AECHIPEI/AGO. 119 



gracillima, capite valde compresso, lateribus alte carinatis vittis duabus 

 rufis, antennis posticis cylindricis, prothorace lateribus carinatis, 

 mesothorace bicarinato> pedibus gracilliraisj alis longis angustis, alis 

 anticis vitta undulata ochracea liturain nigram includente, alis 

 posticis niveis. 



Female. Yellowish white, smooth, shining, very slender. Head with 

 prominent borders, much compressed, vertically dilated^ forming a 

 double edge in front ; a red stripe on each side. Antenna; porrect, 

 cylindrical, rather shofter than the head. Prothorax very short, with 

 prorninetit borders. Mcsothorax with two short keels, which con- 

 verge from the fore border. Legs sllortj very slender, very minutely 

 setulose. Wings long, narrow. Fore wings with an ochraceous 

 undulating irregular stripe, which surrounds a black mark on the veins 

 at nearly three-fourths of the length ; veins pale yellowish ; transverse 

 veins few j of these, three are longer than the others, and two of the 

 three are partly included in the black mark. Hind wings milk-white. 

 Length of the body 2^ linesy of the wings 8 lines. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



Section 2. 



Fcem. Corpus sat gracile. Cajjut gal^ktutii, breVe, valde compressum, 

 oblique ascenderis, vertex perangustus ; frons et facies Idngae, uni- 

 carinatjE. Antennae brevissiraai, obtusse. Prothorax brevis, arcuatus ; 

 mesothorax tricarinatus. Ala; anticse venis transversis paucis, venis 

 marginaljbus tribus fiircatis. Alae postica; vena marginali una fur- 

 cata. 



Female. Body rather slender. Head short, obliquely asceiidiiig, much 

 compressed, helmet-shaped j vertex very narrow ; front witn the face 

 elongate-fusiform, with one keel, proboscis extending to the hind 

 C0X8C. Antenna; obtuse, very short. Prothorax short, arched. 

 Mesothorax with three keels, the keel on each side diverging hind- 

 ward from the middle one. Legs moderately long, f'ore wings with 

 very few transverse veins ; three forked marginal veins. Hind wings 

 with one forked vein. 



98. Interamma SUBVARIA. Testacea, alis cinereis fere hyalinis venis 

 fuscis; alis anticis strigis tribus obliquis, macula, fascia furcata fasciaque 

 marginali fuscis, venis testaceo punctatis. 



Testaceous. Wings cinereous, nearly hyaline ; veins brown. Fore 

 wings with numerous testaceous points on the veins'; three brown 

 oblique streaks proceeding from the costa near the base, the middle 

 one very short and slender ; an exterior brown costal spot ; two more 

 exterior brown bands, the first forked towards the costa, the second 

 marginal. Length of the body 2 lines, of the wings 5 lines. 



Hab. Mysol. 



Gen. BiDis. See Yol. I. p. 88. 



99. BiDis LiTUKiFRONS. Focm. Testacea, capite subascendente lituris 



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