1722 
CATALOGUE OF 
second; under side towards the base and hind wings pale red. 
Length of the body 9^ lines; of the wings 24 lines. 
a. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
2. Balacra flavimacula. 
Fcem. Rufa ; ala aniica sordide rufescentes , basi et apud venas 
cinerea , maculis tribus jlavis rufo marginatis ; postica pal- 
lidiores. 
Female. Red. Palpi and legs red. Fore wings dull reddish, 
gray towards the base and along the veins, with two red marks at 
the base, and with three red-bordered yellow spots, the first large, 
on the disk at one -third of the length ; the second small, on the 
discal areolet ; the third on the disk beyond ; third inferior vein 
much nearer to the second than to the fourth. Hind wings un- 
spotted, rather paler than the fore wings. Length of the body 6 
lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 
a. Ashanti. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society’s collection. 
Genus PLATEIA. 
Mas . Corpus sat gracile. Antennae late pectinatae. Abdo- 
men alas posticas non superans. Alae latae ; anticae apud costam 
subrectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore sat obliquo. 
Plateia, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 187. 
Plateia Ebalus. 
Mas. Lutea ; abdomen f asciis albis , disco nigro ; ala rosea ; an - 
tica fasciis duabus obliquis pallidioribus , postica pallide 
rosea , margine obscuriore. 
Phalaena-Bombvx Ebalus, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. 79, pi. 50, f. G. 
Plateia Ebale, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 187, 1932. 
Surinam. 
Genus HEBENA. 
Fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 
brevissimi. Antennae subpectinatae, thorace multo longiores. Ab- 
domen alas posticas dimidio superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae 
calcaribus duobus mediocriter longis. Alae sat latae ; anticae apud 
costam subrectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 
