﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1843 



Genus BAXIANA. 



3Ias. Corpus sat gvacile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti ; 

 .articulus 2us couipvessus ; 3us linearis, 2i triente nou louirior. 

 • Antennae crenulatap, ciliis longiusculis, corporis din)idio longiores. 



Abdomen lanceolalum, apice subcompressum, alas posticas paullo 

 :Superans; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes lono^i, graciles ; tibiae 

 jintermediae pills lonc^is vestitos; posticae calcaribus lonp^issimis. 



Alae mediocres ; anticse apud costaui reclae, margine exteriore 



subliexo. 



Male, Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect ; 

 second joint ct)nipressed ; third linear, rounded at the tip, about 

 one-third of the length of the second. Antennae crenulated with 

 rather long ciliae, more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 



j' lanceolate, slightly compressed at the tip, extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings; apical tuft small. Legs long, slender; middle 



.tibia; fringed wilh long hairs; hind tibiae with very long spurs. 



, Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight along the costa, 



f rectangular at the lips ; exterior border slightly bent in the middle, 



'its hind part rather oblique. 



1. BaNIANA SIGNIFICANS. 



Mas. Suhtestaceo'cinerea ; fasciculus frontalis et thorax antice 

 nigri ; abdomen cervinum, basi pallide cinereum ; alee anticce 

 puncto basali maculisque duabus magnis nigris^ macula \a 

 trigona postica interiore^ 2a informi costam versua atienuata 

 extus diffusa ; posticce pallide testacece, apud marginem exte- 

 riorem obscure cinerece. 



Male. Pale cinereous, with a slight testaceous tinge, luteous 

 beneath. Frontal tult and fore part of the thorax black. Abdomen 

 fawn-colour, pale cinereous at the base. Fore wings with a black 

 point by the base and with two large black spots; the first triangu- 

 lar, near the base of the interior border ; the second very irregular, 

 attenuated towards the costa, diffuse on the exterior side; space 

 between it and the exterior border a little darker than the rest of the 

 wing. Hind wings pale testaceous, dark cinereous towards the 

 exterior border. Length of the body 5^ lines; of the wings 

 12 lines. 

 a. St. Domini^o. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



