1000 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus BANIANA, C. L. H. xv. 1843. 



BANIANA MEXICAN A. 



Mas. Cervina ; vertex ater ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 

 So longi-conico ; antennas setosa? ; thorax antice ater ; alee 

 anticce macula postica trigona atra cinereo marginatum striga 

 fitsca punctoque atro cinereo-marginato connexis, linea nigra 

 exteriore obliqua recta nigricante cinereoque. marginata, linea 

 submarginali nigricante undulata; postica cinerea, fusco 

 mar ginata, fimbria pallide cinerea. 



Male. Fawn-colour, dingy cinereous beneath. Vertex of the 

 head deep black. Palpi smooth, obliquely ascending, not rising 

 higher than the vertex ; third joint elongate-conical, about one- 

 sixth of the length of the second. Antennae setose. Thorax deep 

 black in front. Abdomen cinereous, not extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Fore wings with a large deep black triangular spot, 

 cinereous-bordered near the base of the interior border; a trans- 

 verse brown discal streak, connected at its hind end with a deep 

 black cinereous-bordered point; submarginal line blackish, undu- 

 lating, accompanied on its inner side by a black straight oblique 

 line which is diffusedly blackish-bordered on the outer side and 

 concisely cinereous-bordered on the inner side. Hind wings cine- 

 reous, brown towards the exterior border ; fringe pale cinereous. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Oajaca, Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



Baniana luteiceps. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; caput et thorax anticus ochracea ; palpi 



graciles, subfimbriati, oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo 



superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; antenna a rgenteo- cinerea*, 



setosce ; abdomen basi subtus lanuginosum ; femora subpilosa ; 



aim antica strigis duabus costalibus punctisque duobus sub- 



costalibus nigris, fascia angulosa cervina, fascia obliqua 



nigricante valde undulata extus diffusa, puncto basali fusco. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour, slender. Head, palpi and fore 



part of the thorax ochraceous. Palpi slender, obliquely ascending, 



with a short fringe, rising a little higher than the vertex ; third 



joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. Antennae 



silvery cinereous, beset with long setae. Abdomen lanuginous 



beneath towards the base, extending rather beyond the hind wings; 



