1722 CATALOGUE OF 
second; under side towards the base and hind wings pale red. 
Length of the body 93 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 
? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
a. 
2. BALACRA FLAVIMACULA. 
Fem. Rufa; ale antice sordide rufescentes, bast et apud venas 
cineree, maculis tribus flavis rufo marginatis ; postic® pal- 
lidiores. 
Female. Red. Palpiand legs red. Fore wings dull reddish, 
gray towards the base and along the veins, with two red marks at- 
the base, and with three red-bordered yellow spots, the first large, 
on the disk at one-third of the length; the second small, on the 
discal areolet; the third on the disk beyond; third inferior vein 
much nearer to the second than to the fourth. Hind wings un- 
spotted, rather paler than the fore wings. Length of the body 6 
lines; of the wings 18 lines. 
a. Ashanti. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society’s collection. 
‘ Genus PLATEIA. 
Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Antenne late pectinate. Abdo- 
men alas posticas non superans. Ale late ; antice apud costam 
subrecte, apice rotundate, margine exteriore sat obliquo. 
- Plateia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 187. 
PLATEIA EBALvws. 
Mas. Lutea; abdomen fasciis albis, disco nigro; ale rosee ; an- 
tice fasctis duabus obliquis pallidioribus, postice pallide 
rose@, margine obscurvore. 
Phalena-Bombyx Ebalus, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. 79, pl. 50, f. G. 
Plateia Ebale, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 187, 1932. 
Surinam. 
Genus HEBENA. 
Fem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 
brevissimi. Antenne subpectinate, thorace multo longiores. Ab- 
domen alas posticas dimidio superans. Pedes validi; tibiz postice 
calcaribus duobus mediocriter longis. Ale sat late ; antice apud 
costam subrecte, apice rotundate, margine exteriore perobliquo. 
