SllOU THE INDIAN AECHIPELAGO. 159 



Male. Testaceous. Vertex nearly covered by the prothoraxj front 

 much broader than long, with a black baud on the fore border, and 

 with three slight keels; face not keeled. Prothorax arched, pale 

 green, four times as broad as long, with one keel. Mesothorax with 

 three keels, the keel on each side diverging hindward from the middle 

 one. Abdomen with a short black band on the hind border of each 

 segment from the first to the fourth. Wings vitreous ; veins black ; 

 marginal veins not forked. Fore wings with four irregular lines of 

 transverse veins; first and second lines incomplete, first clouded with 

 black ; third and fourth incomplete, fourth more regular than the 

 others ; a testaceous costal stripe, which is interrupted by a brown 

 streak near the base, and by a blackish stigma; a blackish apical 

 spot. Hind wings with one irregular line of transverse veins, and 

 with a small brown patch by the interior angle. Length of the body 

 3 lines, of the wings .9 lines. 



Hub. Amboina. 



The last line of transverse veins of the fore wings distinguishes 

 it from B. divisura, to which it has most resemblance. 



196. RicANiA coNSOBRiNA. Foim. Testacea, fronte tricarinata, 

 prothorace albido, mesothorace tricarinato, pedibus albido-testaceis, 

 alis pellucidis, alis anticis venis transversis ferrugineo nebulosis, vitta 

 costali testacea, maculis duabus costalibus fuscis, guttis apicalibus 

 ferrugineis, alis posticis margine postico sublurido. 



Female. Testaceous. Vertex extremely short ; front much broader than 

 long, with nearly straight and slightly elevated sides, and with three 

 slight keels, of which the lateral pair are curved and abbreviated. 

 Prothorax whitish, very short. Mesothorax with three keels, of which 

 the lateral pair are connected with the middle one near the fore 

 border, and diverge from it hindward. Legs whitish testaceous. 

 Wings vitreous. Fore wings with three irregular lines of ferru- 

 ginous-clouded transverse veins, first and second lines more irregular 

 than the third; a few brown -clouded transverse veins near the base; 

 a testaceous costal stripe, interrupted by two dark-brown spots ; of 

 these one is postmedial and the other apical ; a row of ferruginous 

 dots on the veins along the exterior border. Hind wings with a lurid 

 tinge along the hind border. Length of the body 3^ lines, of the 

 wings 10 lines, 



Hab. Gilolo; Batchian. 



197. RiCANiA coLLiGATA. Fffim. Lutea, capitis lateribus vix cari- 

 natis, vertice brevissimo, fronte tricarinata nigro-unifasciata, pro- 

 thorace albido unicarinato, mesothorace tricarinato maculis duabus 

 dongatis albidis, alis amplis nigro-venosis, alis anticis lineis quatuor 



