316 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus BATODES. 



North America. 



3. Batodes bipustulana. 



Mas et foem. Pallide cervina, subtus obscure cinerea ; caput 

 albidum ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticm subacutce, atomis 

 nonnullis nigris, plaga cos tali magna elongata ferruginea, 

 costa nigro punctata vix convexa ; postica fuscescente-cinerece, 

 fimbria pallide cinerea. 



Male and female. Pale fawn-colour, dark cinereous beneath. 

 Head and palpi whitish. Palpi porrect, shorter than the breadth 

 of the head; second joint thickly fringed; third acute, extremely 

 small. Abdomen cinereous, shining, extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Fore wings slightly acute, with a few black speckles, 

 paler in front towards the base, with a large elongated ferruginous 

 patch, which is broadest in its hind part, where its hind border is 

 convex; costa hardly convex, with black points; exterior border 

 slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings brownish cine- 

 reous ; fringe pale cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



a, b. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 



Mauritius. 

 4. Batodes incultana. 



Foem. Cinerea ; thoracis discus fuscus, nigro marginatus ; ala 

 anticce acuta?, fusco conspersae, lituris quinque variis concisis 

 fuscis, \a obliqua inter lore postica, 2a 3a Aaque mediis, 5a 

 obliqua antica exteriore ; posticce cinereo-f usees, fimbria pal- 

 lida. 



Female. Cinereous. Palpi decumbent, nearly as long as the 

 breadth of the head; third joint lanceolate, about half the length 

 of the second. Disk of the thorax brown, black-bordered. Fore 

 wings acute, brown-speckled, with some large concise irregular 

 brown marks ; first mark extending obliquely to the disk from near 

 the base of the interior border; second, third and fourth forming a 

 broad and much interrupted band ; fourth very concave in front ; 

 fifth oblique, attenuated from near the costa to the middle of the 

 exterior border ; costa and exterior border straight, the latter slightly 



