LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 189 



Bursa da basistriga. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca; caput anlice pallide luteum ; antenna latis- 

 sime pectinatce ; thorax margine antico vittisque duabus pal- 

 lide luteis ; abdomen subtus pallide luteum; alee antica striga 

 basali, macula maxima subobliqua, macula exteriore transversa 

 guttaque apud angulum interiorem pallide luteis; posticce 

 pallide lutece, nigro-fusco late marginatce. 



Male. Blackish brown. Head pale luteous in front. Antennae 

 very broadly pectinated. Thorax pale luteous in front, and with 

 two pale luteous stripes between the hind wings. Abdomen pale 

 luteous beneath. Fore wings with pale luteous markings ; these 

 consist of a short streak extending from near the base, of an ellipti- 

 cal very large slightly oblique spot which traverses the middle of 

 the disk, of an exterior rather smaller transverse spot which is 

 attenuated hindward, and of a dot near the interior angle. Hind 

 wings pale luteous, with a broad blackish brown border. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a, b. My sol. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



BURSADA HIER0GLYPH1CA. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca; caput pallide flavum, vertice nigro ; palpi 

 caput superantes, articulo 3o longi-conico ; antenna late pec- 

 tinate ; thorax antice luleus ; pectus pedesque pallide Jlava ; 

 abdomen luteo fasciatum ; alee lutece, margine lata liturisque 

 nigro-fuscis ; anticce striga basali, fascia obliqua subarcuata 

 fasciaque exteriore fur cata ; posticce strigis duabus basalibus, 

 fascia striga exteriore obliqua fasciaque undulata adhuc 

 exteriore. 



Male. Blackish brown. Head pale yellow; vertex black. 

 Palpi pale yellow, extending somewhat beyond the head , third 

 joint elongate-conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae broadly pectinated. Thorax luteous in front. Pectus and 

 legs pale yellow. Abdomen with luteous bands. Wings luteous, 

 broadly bordered with blackish brown ; markings of the same colour. 

 Fore wings with a streak which extends from near the base, with a 

 narrow slightly curved band which extends obliquely outward from 

 the costa to the interior border, and with an exterior narrow band 

 which is forked in front. Hind wings with two short streaks 

 extending from the base, with a narrow band which is not oblique, 

 with an oblique exterior streak which extends from the costa to the 



