832 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. White. Second joint of the palpi blackish above ; 

 third blackish. Apical tuft of the abdomen brown. Fore wings 

 with a diffuse pale brownish discal patch, and with numerous 

 black points of various size. Hind wings with the exterior 

 half pale brownish. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 

 28 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 127. BINSITTA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi capitis 

 latitudine triplo longiores ; articulus 2us dense squamoso fimbriatus ; 

 3us setiformis, fasciculatus, 2o valde brevior. Antennae graciles, 

 breviuseulae. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes sat robusti ; 

 tibiae posticae pilosae. Alae antics latiusculae, fasciculoso asperae, 

 apice rectangulatae, costa basi subconvexa extus subcontracta, mar- 

 gine exteriore subrecto vix obliquo. 



Allied to Chcetostricha. Male. — Body stout. Proboscis very 

 short. Palpi thrice longer than the breadth of the head; second 

 joint thickly fringed with squamous hairs on both sides ; hairs 

 longest in front ; third setiform, much shorter than the second, 

 with a tuft of hairs on the middle of the front side. Antennae 

 slender, less than half the length of the fore wings. Abdomen 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout ; hind tibiae 

 pilose ; spurs long. Fore wings rather broad, rectangular at the 

 tips, with some erect tufts of squamous hairs; costa slightly convex 

 towards the base, slightly contracted beyond the middle ; exterior 

 border nearly straight, hardly oblique. 



1. BlNSITTA NIVIFERANA. 



Mas. Alba ; thorax fasciis duabus interruptis cervinis ; pal- 

 porum articulus 3us ban niyer, fasciculo cervino ; alee anticce 

 fasciculis tribus costalibus squamosis chalybceis cervino ex 

 parte marginatis, disco fasciculis nonnullis erectis aspero ; 

 posticce flavescentes. 



Male. White. Third joint of the palpi black towards the 

 base, with a fawn-coloured tuft of hairs. Thorax with two incom- 

 plete fawn-coloured bands. Fore wings with three chalybeous-blue 



