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CATALOGUE OP 
Male. Reddish fawn-colour. Wings dark cinereous beneath, 
brown towards the base and along the costa. Fore wings black- 
speckled along the costa from the base to the middle, beyond which 
there is a large black elongated costal patch ; this is bounded by 
two pale cinereous dentate lines, of which the outer one is accom- 
panied by some black speckles. Hind wings dark cinereous ; fringe 
pale cinereous. Length of the body 4? lines; of the wings 10 
lines. 
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders 1 * * * * * 7 collection. 
Genus 59. BENT A. 
Corpus sat robustum. Vertex fasciculo suberecto. Proboscis 
robusta. Palpi validi, subarcuati, veriicem longe superantes ; arti- 
culus 3us linearis, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae basi robustae. 
Pedes sat graciles ; tibiae posticae quadricalcaratae. Alae anticae 
latae, acutae, sulco brevi discali, costa subconvexa, margine exteriore 
subobliquo. 
Body moderately stout. Vertex of the head with a nearly 
erect tuft. Proboscis robust. Palpi stout, slightly curved, closely ap- 
plied to the head, rising high above the vertex ; third joint linear, less 
than half the length of the second. Antennae stout at the base. 
Legs rather slender; hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. 
Wings broad. Fore wings acute ; a short furrow with tumid bor- 
ders in the fore part of the disk; costa and exterior border slightly 
convex, the latter slightly oblique. 
1. Benta expandens. 
Cinerea ; alee antiece lineis quatuor undulatis dentatis postice ap- 
proximate e squamis nigris , punctis marginalibus nigris elon - 
gaiis , striga poslica brevi lafa fasciaqve submarginali cervinis ; 
posiicce fuscescente-cinerere, linea marginali fusca . 
Cinereous. Fore wings speckled with black scales of various 
size ; some of these form four irregularly undulating and dentate 
lines, which are most approximate on the interior border ; marginal 
points black, elongated ; a short broad streak along the basal part of 
the interior border and a submarginal band fawn-colour. Hind 
wings brownish-cinereous, with a brown marginal line ; fringe pale 
cinereous, interlined. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 
12 lines. 
a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
