162 CATALOGUE OF 



BOEDETA SEXPLAGIATA. 



Foetn. Atra ; abdomen apice subtus later i busque pallide flavis; 

 alee anticce fascia lata obliqua incisa fiava ; posticce fascia 

 anlice abbreviata strigaque ex ter lore flavis. 



Female. Deep black. Abdomen pale yellow at the tip beneath 

 and along each side, except at the base and at the tip. Fore wings 

 with a broad oblique bright yellow band, which commences on the 

 costa beyond the middle, and is excavated on each side hindward, 

 and ceases near the hind end of the exterior border. Hind wings 

 with a bright yellow band, which is broadest on the interior border 

 and does not extend to the costa ; an oblique very broad bright yel- 

 low streak in the disk beyond the band. Length of the body 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 34 Hues. 



This may be the female of B. quadriplagiata. 



Batchian. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus BIZAEDA. 



Mas ei fcem. Corpus crassum. Proboscis robusta. Palpi 

 breves, validi, squamosi, articulo 3o conico minimo. Antennae 

 validse, maris subserrata? et subpubescentes. Abdomen subattenu- 

 atum, alas posticas non superans ; fasciculus apicalis maris parvus. 

 Pedes laeves, robusti ; tibia? postica? maris dilatatae ; calcaria brevi- 

 uscula. Ala? spissae, amplae ; anticas elongatae, apice rotundatse, 

 margin e exteriore subconvexo perobliquo. 



Male and female. Body very stout. Proboscis robust. Palpi 

 short, stout, squamous, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as 

 the vertex; third joint conical, very minute. Antennae stout, mi- 

 nutely serrated and pubescent in the male. Abdomen slightly 

 tapering from the base to ihe tip, not extending beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft of the male small. Legs smooth, robust ; hind 

 tibia? of the male dilated ; spurs rather short. Wings thick, ample. 

 Fore wings elongated, rounded at the tips; exterior border slightly 

 convex, very oblique. 



It represents the South American genus Eucyane. 



