112 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Reddish fawn-colour. Wings dark cinereous beneath, 

 brown towards the base and along the cosla. Fore wings black- 

 speckled along the costa from the base to the middle, beyond which 

 there is a large black elongated costal patch ; this is bounded by 

 two pale cinereous dentate lines, of which the outer one is accom- 

 panied by some black speckles. Hind wings dark cinereous ; fringe 

 pale cinereous. Length of the body 4 ? lines ; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 59. BENTA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Vertex fasciculo suberecto. Proboscis 

 robusta. Palpi validi, subarcuati, verticem longe superantes ; arti- 

 culus 3us linearis, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae basi robusta?. 

 Pedes sat graciles; tibia? posticse quadricalcaratse. Ala? anticae 

 lata?, acuta?, sulco brevi discali, costa subconvexa, margine exteriore 

 subobliquo. 



Body moderately stout. Vertex of the head with a nearly 

 erect tuft. Proboscis robust. Palpi stout, slightly curved, closely ap- 

 plied to the head, rising high above the vertex ; third joint linear, less 

 than half the length of the second. Antenna? stout at the base. 

 Legs rather slender; hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings acute; a short furrow with tumid bor- 

 ders in the fore part of the disk; costa and exterior border slightly 

 convex, the latter slightly oblique. 



1. Benta expandens. 



Cinerea ; alee antictB lineis quatuor undulatis dentatis postice ap~ 

 proccimatis e squamis nigris n punetis marginalibus nigris elon- 

 gatis, striga postica brevi lata fasciaque submarginali cervinis ; 

 poslicce fusees cente-cinerece, linea marginali fusca. 



Cinereous. Fore wings speckled with black scales of various 

 size ; some of these form four irregularly undulating and dentate 

 lines, which are most approximate on the interior border ; marginal 

 points black, elongated ; a short broad streak along the basal part of 

 the interior border and a submarginal band fawn-colour. Hind 

 wings brownish-cinereous, with a brown marginal line ; fringe pale 

 cinereous, interlined. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



