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between it and the costa, fourth marginal ; two white costal dots, 

 one beyond the middle, the other near the tip ; most of the trans- 

 verse veins forming two complete lines near the exterior border; 

 costal transverse veins numerous, most of them parallel; marginal 

 veins not forked. Hind wings cupreous black, with a chalybeous 

 tinge along the exterior border ; some of the marginal veins forked. 

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



Hab. Ke. 



Closely allied to B. atomaria. 



175. RicANiA BiNOTATA. Fulva, subtus tcstacea, fronte carinis tri- 

 bus antice connexis, prothorace unicarinato, mesothorace quinque- 

 cariuato, pedibus robustis sulcatis, alis anticis piceis basi fulvis ma- 

 cula costali alba obliqua, macula subapicali nigra, venis transversis 

 plurimis, alis posticis nigricanti-cinereis. 



Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head with sHghtly prominent borders; 

 vertex short ; front rounded on each side, much broader than long, 

 with three slight keels, which terminate near the face in a slight trans- 

 verse keel, the keel on each side curved outward; face small, not keeled. 

 Prothorax four times as broad as long, convex and slightly elevated 

 in front, with one keel. Mesothorax with five keels, the inner pair 

 diverging hindward from the midille one, the outer pair much abbre- 

 viated hindward. Legs stout, short ; femora and tibisc keeled. 

 "Wings broad. Fore wings piceous, tawny at the base, with very 

 numerous veins ; three lines of transverse veins ; first one much bent 

 inward ; third regular, submarginal ; transverse costal veins nume- 

 rous, regular, one of them forked, as is also one of the marginal veins ; 

 a white oblique costal spot beyond the middle, and a round sub- 

 apical black si)ot. Hind wings blackish cinereous, with one incom- 

 plete line of ti'ansverse veins, and with one forked marginal vein. 

 Length of the body 2\ lines, of the wings 8 lines. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



Var. /3. Mas. Picea, fronte facieque testaceis, pedibus testaceis, alis 

 anticis striga lata fasciaque marginal! chalybeis macula costali alba, 

 alis posticis fuscis semihyalinis. 



Mule. Piceous. Front testaceous. Face testaceous. Legs testaceous. 

 Fore wings with a chalybeous marginal band and with a broad cha- 

 lybeous streak extending from a postmedial white costal spot to the 

 disk. Hind wings brown, semihyaline. 



Hab. Aru. 



176. RiCANiA BiMACULATA. Mas. Picca, Capitis latcribus tcstaccis, 

 fronte tricarinata, facie testacea, prothorace unicarinato, mesotho- 



- race tricarinato, pedibus testaceis, alis anticis macula alba venis 

 transversis plurimis, venis marginalibus non furcatis, alis posticis 

 subpallidioribus venis marginalibus tribus furcatis. ■ • 



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