824 CATALOGUE OF 



Male and female. Dark ochraceous. Head in front and under 

 side pale yellow. Abdomen luteous, black towards the tip. Fore 

 wings bright pale yellow beyond the middle; three very slender 

 silvery streaks in the ochraceous part, which hardly extends to the 

 interior border ; two small transverse exterior black streaks, one 

 costal, the other contiguous to a brilliant gilded dot in the disk ; 

 exterior part of the costa and tips dark cupreous, with two yellow 

 dots, of which one is costal and is transversely interlined and the 

 other is apical. Hind wings dark cupreous ; fringe gilded yellow. 

 Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a, 6. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



Genus 119. BIDA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi squamosi, 

 subarcuati, capitis latitudine plus duplo longiores; articulus 3us 2o 

 vix brevior. Pedes longiusculi, sat graciles. Alae anticee longa?, 

 lanceolatae, acutae, margine exteriore recto perobliquo. 



Allied to (Ecophora. Body rather stout. Proboscis distinct. 

 Palpi squamous, very slightly curved, more than twice longer than 

 the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, nearly as long as the 

 second. Legs smooth, rather long and slender. Wings long, lan- 

 ceolate ; fringe moderately long. Fore wings acute ; exterior 

 border straight, very oblique ; second inferior vein near the first and 

 the third ; fourth remote from the third. 



1. BlDA CRAMBELLA. 



Albida; alee anticce viltis Iribus cervinis, \a subcostali, 2a apicem 

 attingente, venis nigricanlibus. 



Whitish. Fore wings with three fawn-coloured stripes; first 

 stripe subcostal ; second extending to the lip of the wing; third near 

 the interior border, extending to the interior anyle; veins blackish. 

 Length of the body 6? lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. South Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 



