in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 1 1 1 



lato, antennis dense pubescentibus, abdoraine alas posticas 

 paullo superante, alis linea sub-marginali albida sub-recta, 

 linea marginali tenui e lunulis fuscis, alis anticis acutis linea 

 media recta obliqua lineaque sub-marginali postice approxi- 

 matis. 



Male. — Pale fawn-colour, slender. Palpi compressed, long, 

 vertical, slightly curved; 1st and 2nd joints fringed; 3rd lanceo- 

 late, as long as the 2nd. Antennae thickly pubescent. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind-wings. Legs rather stout ; 

 spurs long. Wings with a whitish nearly straight sub-marginal 

 line ; marginal line brown, composed of slender lunules. Fore- 

 wings acute, with a straight oblique middle line, which approaches 

 the sub-marginal line hindward ; costa straight; exterior border 

 convex, slightly oblique. 



Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Cape. 



Genus Bononia, n. g. 



Mas. — Corpus sal robustum. Proboscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi 

 longi, compressi, erecti ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio 

 brevior. Antennae late pectinatae. Abdomen sub-carinatum, 

 alas posticas superans ; fasciculus apicalis longus, compressus. 

 Pedes robusti ; tibiae posticse calcaribus quatuor longis. Alee 

 amplse ; anticae acutae ; posticse valde rotundatae. 



Male. — Body moderately stout. Proboscis short, slender. Palpi 

 long, compressed, vertical, ascending high above the head, with 

 short hairs; .Srd joint lanceolate, much more slender than the 2nd 

 and less than half its length. Antennae broadly pectinated. Ab- 

 domen slightly keeled, extending rather beyond the hind-wings ; 

 apical tuft long, compressed. Legs very robust ; spurs long, 

 stout. Wings ample. Fore-wings acute ; costa straight ; exterior 

 border slightly convex and oblique. Hind-wings with the ex- 

 terior border very convex ; angles much rounded. 



Bononia niveilinea. 



Mas. — Laete cervina, abdomine alisque posticis cinereo-cervinis 

 pallidioribus, alis anticis albo bi-vittatis, striga exteriore cos- 

 taque albis. 



Male. — Bright fawn-colour. Abdomen and hind-wings paler 

 cinereous fawn-colour. Fore-wings with a white costa, with two 

 white stripes ; hinder stripe slightly undulating ; fore-stripe bent, 



