56 CATALOGUE OF 



BuRGENA VARIA. 



Damias varia, Cat, Lep. Het. i. 15. 



BuRGENA EDUCTA. 



Foein. Atra ; caput vittis duabus anticis albis ; palpi albo vittati ; 

 thorax fasciis tribus ochraceis, 2a interrupta ; abdomen och- 

 raceum, fasciis qninque nigris ; alee anticce striga discali 

 ochracea maculisque tribus albis ; postica vitta latissima 

 ochracea non undulata. 



Female. Deep black. Head with two white stripes in front. 

 Second joint of the palpi striped with white. Thorax with two 

 ochraceous bands in front and one hindward ; second band inter- 

 rupted. Pectus ochraceous. Abdomen ochraceous, with five black 

 bands on the upper side. Fore wings with an ochraceous discal 

 streak near the base, and with three white spots, which corresponds 

 to the second, third and fourth spots of B. transducta ; fringe white 

 about the tips. Hind wings with a very broad ochraceous stripe, 

 which is shorter than that of B. transducta, and is not undulating. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



Gilolo. Mysol. New Guinea. 



a. Ke. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



BfJRGENA TRANSDUCTA. 



Mas. Nigra; caput vittis duabus anticis albidis ; palpi erecti, 

 albido vittati; thorax fasciis tribus luteis ; abdomen fasciis 

 quinque luteis, \a latissima, 3a 4aque late interrupts; alee 

 antica? striga discali lutea maculisque quatuor discalibus 

 albidis ; postica vitta lutea latissima subundulata. 



Male. Black. Head with two whitish stripes in front. Palpi 

 erect, with whitish stripes, rising a iittle higher than the vertex; 

 second joint with whitish stripes ; third linear, shorter and more 

 slender than the second. Thorax with two luteous bands in front 

 and one hindward. Abdomen with five luteous bands; first baud 

 very broad ; third and fourth widely interrupted above. Fore wings 

 with a luteous discal streak near the base and with four discal 

 whitish spots ; first spot very small, in front of the streak ; second 

 subquadrate, of moderate size ; third exterior, small, in front of the 



