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Male. Very pale fawn-colour. Palpi and antennae black, the 

 latter white above. Abdomen luteous, with black dots along each 

 side, clothed above with white hairs. Legs striped with brown; 

 hairs white. Fore wings with white veins and a white fringe. 

 Hind wings white. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 

 24 lines. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus BINNA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi crassi, pilosi, 

 subdecumbentes, capitis latitudine breviores; articulis 3us longi- 

 conicus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae breves, late pectinatae. 

 Abdomen ellipticum, alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes crassi, 

 brevissimi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor robustis brevissimis. 

 Alae elongate, spissae ; anticae apice rotundatae, margine exteriore 

 vix convexo sat obliquo. 



Male. Body very stout. Proboscis short. Palpi pilose, very 

 stout, slightly decumbent, shorter than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint elongate-conical, about haif the length of the second. 

 Antennae short, broadly pectinated. Abdomen elliptical, extending 

 a little beyond the hind wings. Legs very short and stout ; hind 

 tibiae with four stout, very short spurs, the first pair very near the 

 second. Wings stout, elongate, moderately broad. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border hardly convex, rather oblique. 



The structure of the palpi distinguish this genus from Antheua, 

 to which it is most allied. 



BlNNA PENICILLATA. 



Mas. Flavescens ; caput et thorax cinerea; abdomen luteum, 

 fascia lineaque transversa nigris, vittis duabus subtus abbre- 

 viatis nigricantibus ; pedes tibiis tarsisque nigricantibus ; ala 

 antica strigis inter venas cinereis. 



Male. Yellowish. Head above and thorax cinereous. Abdo- 

 men luteous ; second segment with a short black band on the fore 

 border ; third with a transverse black line on the fore border ; under 

 side whitish, except at the tip, with a broad short blackish band on 

 each side. Tibiae, tarsi and fore coxae blackish ; fore femora with a 

 blackish stripe. Fore wings with cinereous streaks between the 

 veins. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



