FKOM THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 153 



costa margincque exteriore piceis lurido notatis, costa dimidio basali 

 valde convexo, alis posticis luridis. 



Female. Tawny. Vertex, mostly covered by the prothorax ; front twice 

 as broad as long, with rounded and slightly elevated sides, and with 

 three short slight keels; of these the pair are slightly curved. Pro- 

 thorax slightly arched, with one keel and with a slight transverse 

 furrow. Mesothorax with five keels, of which the inner pair diverge 

 hindward, and the outer pair are much abbreviated. Legs yellowish 

 testaceous. Fore wings brownish-speckled ; two blackish dots in the 

 disk near the base ; costa and exterior border piceous, with various 

 small lurid marks; four lines of transverse veins; first line bent inward ; 

 second and third irregular ; fourth regular, straight ; costa very con- 

 vex for half the length from the base. Hind wings lurid. Length of 

 tlie body 3^ lines, of the wings 10 lines. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



It may be distinguished from B. stigma (Matoides, Gat. Rom. 

 ii. 410) by the pale stigma of the latter. 



187. RiCANiA BiciNCTA. Fonm. Fulva, fronte tricarinata, prothorace 

 tricarinato, pedibus testaceo-flavescentibus, alis lurido-hyalinis, alis 

 anticis margine fasciaque undulata abbreviata ferrugineis, venis trans- 

 versis plurimis, venis marginalibus furcatis. 



Female. Tawny. Vertex short, nearly hidden by the prothorax ; front 

 twice as broad as long, with parallel and slightly elevated sides, and 

 with three keels, of which the pair are indistinct. Prothorax arched, 

 a curved keel on each side, joining the middle keel near the fore 

 border. Mesothorax with five keels ; inner pair diverging, very near 

 the middle one in front ; outer pair bent, abbreviated. Legs testace- 

 ous yellowish. Wings vitreous, with a lurid tinge; veins tawny. 

 Fore wings rounded, wholly ferruginous-bordered, excepting a short 

 space near the end of the costa ; an undulating postmedial ferruginous 

 band, which is abbreviated near the interior border ; transverse veins 

 very numerous, irregular; marginal veins forked. Hind wings with 

 three of the marginal veins forked. Length of the body 3 lines, of 

 the wings 9 lines. 



Hab. Morty. 



188. Rtcania subapicalis. Mas. Testacea, fronte carinis tribus 

 antice connexis, facie non carinata, prothorace unicarinato, meso- 

 thorace quinquecarinato, alis pellucidis venis testaceis, alis anticis 

 costa dilatata testacea strigam plagamque subapicalem nigram inclu- 

 dente, macula apicali nigricante, alis posticis margine exteriore fusce- 

 scente. 



Male. Testaceous. Vertex mostly covered by the prothorax ; front much 

 bipader than long, with slightly elevated borders, and with three 



