LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 825 



Genus VAKNIA, 

 Varnia, Wlh. Journ. Lin. Soc. vii. 69. 



Varnia miniata. 

 miniata, Wlh. Journ. Lin. Soc. vii. 69. 

 Borneo. 



Varnia ignita. 



Foem. Saturate rufa, subtus fusca ; caput et thorax anticus 

 rufescente-fusca ; ales nigro reticulata;, fascia oblique informi 

 obscura rufescente, fimbria albido strigata. 



Female. Deep red, very stout, brown beneath. Head and fore 

 part of the thorax reddish brown. Palpi smooth, stout, obliquely 

 ascending, larger than the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, 

 about one-fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings. Wings iainulely reticulated with 

 black; a dark reddish oblique irregular band; fringe with a few 

 whitish streaks ; exterior border slightly and irregularly dentate. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Silhet. From Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



Varnia ^qualis. 



Foem. Late rufescente-ochracea; alanigricante reticulata, fascia 

 angusta obliqua nigricante, fimbria nigricanie albo varia, 

 margine exteriore subdentato angulato ; anticm lineis tribus 

 nigricantibus ; postica? macula vitrea, lineola exteriore nigri- 

 cante. 



Female. Bright reddish ochraceous. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Wings reticulated with blackish; a 

 narrow blackish band, which extends from near the end of the costa 

 of the fore wings to two-thirds of the length of the interior border 

 of the hind wings; exterior border scolloped, with a prominent 

 angle in the middle; fringe blackish, partly white. Fore wings 

 with three slight blackish lines ; two between the base and the band, 

 and one beyond the band. Hind wings with a slight blackish line, 



