188 CATALOGUE OP 



Alae antics latae, longissimae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore 

 perobliquo vix eonvexo. Mas. — Antennae latissime pectinatae, 

 apice simplices. Fozm. — Antennae pectinatae. 



Male and female. Body slender. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi porrect, smooth, slender, hardly extending beyond the head; 

 third joint conical, very minute. Antennae except at the tips very 

 broadly pectinated in the male, moderately pectinated in the female. 

 Legs smooth, slender; spurs moderately long. Wings broad, very 

 long. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; exterior border hardly 

 convex, very oblique; second inferior vein a little nearer to the 

 first than to the third; third much nearer to the second than to 

 the fourth. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen. 



Type B. plagiata. 



This genus has much resemblance to some of the Fidonidce. 



BUESADA PLAGIATA. 



Mas et foem. Nigra ; caput antice et postice luteum ; antenna 

 apices versus alba? ; thorax maculis duabus strigisque duabus 

 lateralibus flams ; ala anticce plaga nigro conspersa plaga 

 exteriore fasciaque adhuc exteriore arcuata abbreviata inter- 

 ruptaflavis; posticce fasciis duabus latissimis flavis. Mas. — - 

 Abdomen ynaculis lateralibus trigonis luteis. Foem. — Abdo- 

 men fasciis interruptis luteis. 



Male and female. Black. Head luteous in front and behind. 

 Antennae whitish towards the tips. Thorax with a luteous spot on 

 each side in front and with two luteous streaks between the wings. 

 Wings with luteous markings. Fore wings with a basal patch 

 which contains a few black speckles; an exterior and much larger 

 patch, and a more exterior curved and abbreviated band which is 

 contracted and more or less notched and divided hindward. Hind 

 wings with two very broad bands; first band extending nearly to 

 the base ; second much narrower towards the interior border. 

 Male. — Abdomen with triangular luteous spots on each side. Hind 

 part of the band of the fore wings divided. Female. — Abdomen 

 with widely interrupted luteous bands ; under side with entire bands. 

 Band of the fore wings much narrower than that of the male ; its 

 hind part forming two small spots. Length of the body 7 lines ; of 

 the wings 12 lines. 



Ternate, Gilolo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



