LEPIDOPTERA HETEU0CERA. 19 



black-speckled. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 10 



lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr, Tweedie's collection. 



Genus 25. BURATHEMA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi porrecti, lan- 

 ceolati, squamosi, capitis latitudine breviores, arliculis indistinctis. 

 Antennae glabrae, crassae, subcompressae. Abdomen alas posticas 

 paullo superans. Pedes lasves, sat graciles ; tibiae posticae quadri- 

 calcarata?. Alae anticae breviusculae, sat augustae, apice subrotund- 

 atae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Body hardly stout.. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, lanceo- 

 late, squamous, shorter than the breadth of the head ; joints indis- 

 tinct. Antennae smooth, very stout, slightly compressed. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather 

 slender ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather short and 

 narrow. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; costa hardly con- 

 vex ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. 



1. BURATHEMA DIVISA. 



Pallide cervina ; alee anticce vitta discali alba postice fusco 

 marginata, tinea interior e obliqua fusca, lunula discali alba, 

 linea subtus fusca exteriore subuadulata ; posticas linea exte- 

 riore fuse a. 



Pale fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Wings beneath with a 

 brown exterior slightly undulating line. Fore wings with a white 

 discal stripe, which extends from near the base of the interior bor- 

 der to near the tip of the costa, and is bordered on the hind side by 

 a brown line ; an oblique brown line traversing the white stripe 

 near the base, and a white exterior discal lunule. Hind wings 

 with an exterior brown line. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 26. BANASSA. 



Feem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi longi, ob- 

 lique ascendentes ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2o non brevior. An- 

 tennae graciles. Alas anticae apice rectangulatae, costa recta, mar- 

 gine exteriore subconvexo, subobliquo. 



