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apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore convexo oblique. Mas.— 

 Antennae subpectinatae. Tibiae posticae non calcaratae. Foem. — 

 Antennae glabrae, gracillirnae. Tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 brevissimis. 



Male and female. Body ratber stout. Front convex. Pro- 

 boscis moderately long. Palpi porrect, slender, smooth, not extend- 

 ing beyond the head ; third joint acute, extremely small. Antennae 

 slightly pectinated in the male, smooth and very slender in the 

 female. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, slender ; hind tibiae without spurs in the male, with very 

 short spurs in the female. Wings long, rather broad. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the tips; exterior border more convex and 

 oblique in the male than in the female. 



Caprima gelida. 



Mas et foem. Nigra ; thorax strigis duo bus anticis later alibus 

 albis ; venter pedesque albi ; alee fascia lata alba, anticce 

 plaga magna subapicali rufa. Mas. — Ala anticce fascia cos- 

 tarn versus valde abbreviata ; posticce fascia marginem interi- 

 orem attingente. Foem. — Alee antics fascia costam versus vix 

 abbreviata ; postica fascia marginem interiorem non attin- 

 gente, plaga subapicali rufa. 



Male and female. Black. Thorax with a short white streak 

 on each side in front. Abdomen and legs white beneath. Wings 

 with a broad white band. Fore wings with a large red subapical 

 patch. Hind wings with the band much broader than in the fore 

 wings. Male. — Fore wings with the band terminating at some 

 distance from the costa. Hind wings with the band extending to 

 the interior border ; an indistinct subapical red mark. Female. — 

 Fore wings with the band extending nearly to the costa. Hind 

 wings with the band not extending to the interior border, which is 

 blackish cinereous; a distinct subapical red patch. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Mysol. New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus BALACA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi porrecti, 

 laeves, graciles, brevissimi. Antennae graciles, subsetulosae. Abdo- 

 men alas posiicas non superans, apice subcompressum ; fasciculus 

 apicalis parvus. Pedes laeves, graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 



