58 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus BAPUTA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi oblique 

 aseendentes, verticem paullo superantes ; articulus 2us densissime 

 vestitus ; 3us linearis, 2i triente non longior. Antennae subsetulosae, 

 sat validae, apice vix falcatae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans ; 

 fasciculus apicalis subcompressus. Pedes validi, dense pilosi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae anticae lata3, acutae, margine 

 exteriore subconvexo. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex ; second 

 joint very thickly clothed with short hairs ; third linear, about one- 

 third of the length of the second. Antennae rather stout, minutely 

 setulose, hardly hooked at the tips. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings ; apical tuft slightly [compressed. Legs stout ; femora 

 and tibiae densely pilose ; spurs long. Wings broad, stout, not long. 

 Fore wings acute ; exterior border slightly convex, moderately 

 oblique. 



Baputa dimidiata. 



Foem. Obscure fusca ; caput, palpi, thorax, pectus, coxce et femora 

 ockracea ; palpi apice fusci ; antenna? subtus ochracece ; alee 

 anticce dimidio ante medio ochraceo. 



Female. Very dark brown. Head, palpi, thorax, pectus, coxae 

 and femora ochraceous. Third joint of the palpi dark brown. An- 

 tennae dark ochraceous beneath. Tibiae ochraceous beneath and at 

 the base. Fore wings ochraceous for about half the surface from 

 the base ; outline of the ochraceous part oblique, extending more 

 along the interior border than along the costa. Length of the body 

 11 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus HECATESIA. 



Hecatesia exultans. 



Mas. Atra ; caput flavo sex notatum ; antennae subtus apice albce ; 

 abdomen lituris ochraceis trilineatum, subtus albo sex guttatam; 

 pedes albo fasciati, femoribus tibiisque ochraceo pilosis ; alee 

 anticce lineis septem tranwersis guttularibus albis flavisque ; 

 posticce ochracece, macula subcostali margineque lato nigris. 



