LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 603 



hind tibiae with a short fringe ; spurs long, stout. Wings long, 

 moderately broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; costa 

 slightly convex ; exterior border convex, slightly oblique ; second 

 inferior vein much nearer to the first than to the third ; fourth 

 remote from the third. 



This genus, perhaps, does not belong to the Cymatophoridce. 

 It has some resemblance to the Galleridce. 



Bapara obliterosa. 



Mas. Viridescens ; caput nigricante fasciatum, vertice rufescente ; 

 thoracis tegulae anticce rufescentes, nigricante plagiatce ; alec 

 anticce ex parte albo conspersce, fasciis quatuor indetermin- 

 atis rufo-fuscis, strigis duabus transversis nigris ; posticce 

 cinerece. 



Male. Dull grass-green, cinereous beneath. Head with a 

 blackish band between the eyes ; vertex reddish. Fore tegulae of 

 the thorax reddish ; each with a blackish patch. Abdomen yellowish 

 cinereous. Legs reddish. Fore wings with four very irregular 

 reddish brown bands; a diffuse cluster of white speckles in the 

 exterior disk, intersected by two short transverse black streaks, which 

 represent the reniform mark ; marginal line brown, interrupted. 

 Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 

 24 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus BAEIANA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 laeves, oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes ; articulus 3us 

 subclavatus, apice truncatus, 2o vix brevior. Antennae graciles. 

 Abdomen alas posticas superans, basi cristatum. Pedes laeves ; 

 calcaria longa, gracilia. Alae anticae latiusculae, apice subrotundatae, 

 margine exteriore subconvexo vix obliquo. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis of the usual 

 length. Palpi smooth, obliquely ascending, extending somewhat 

 beyond the head, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint 

 subclavate, truncate at the tip, nearly as long as the second. An- 

 tennae slender. Abdomen crested towards the base, extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth ; spurs long and 

 slender. Wings rather broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the 



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