128 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera. 



Genus BoNCHis, n. g. 

 Fcem. — Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, 

 compress!, lanceolati, capitis latitudine pauUo longiores. 

 Antennae glabrae. Abdomen carinatum, alas posticas sat 

 superans. Pedes breviusculi, sat robusti, tibiis posterioribus 

 dense fimbriatis. Alae sat angnstse ; anticae apice rotundatse; 

 posticse semi-liyalinse. 



Female. — Bo;]y stout. Proboscis short. Palpi compressed, 

 lanceolate, porrect, a little longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 2nd joint rather broad; 3rd a little shorter than the 2nd. An- 

 tennae smooth. Abdomen keeled, extending rather far beyond 

 the hind-wings. Legs rather short and stout ; posterior tibias 

 with long thick fringes. Wings rather narrow. Fore-wings 

 rounded at the tips ; costa straight ; exterior border convex, 

 rather oblique. Hind-wings semi-hyaline. 



Bonchis scoparioides, 

 Fcem. — Cinereo-fusca, alis anticis spatio exteriore liturisque 

 schistaceis, lineis duabus schistaceis 2a undulata nigricante 

 sub-marginata, punctis marginalibus nigris, alis posticis 

 fuscescente cinereis fimbria cinerea. 



Female. — Cinereous-brown. Fore-wings wholly slaty-cinereous 

 exteriorly, and with inarks of the same hue elsewhere ; interior 

 and exterior lines slaty-cinereous ; the latter undulating, irregu- 

 larly blackish- bordered ; marginal points black, minute. Hind- 

 wings brownish-cinereous ; fringe cinereous. 



Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Para. 



