BARASA. Bv M. Gaede. 
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1. Forewing beneath w i t h a hair-pencil at vein 1. 
B. acronyctoides Wkr. ( = caradrinoides Bn., cana Hmps.) (31 e). Forewing brownish white. Interior acromjrhi- 
line brown, with a small spot at the costal margin, then fine, outward as far as below the cell. Brown scales 
at the cell-angles and a spot above them at the costal margin. An undulate line from the lower cell-angle to 
the inner margin. Exterior line also with a spot at the costal margin, extra-angular below it, undulate as far 
as vein 5, then inward. Submarginal line black, finely notched, brown before it. Hindwing brownish white. 
26—32 mm. India, Ceylon, Malacca, Borneo, Celebes. 
B. cymatistis Meyr. (38 d). Forewing brownish white. Interior line with a dark spot at the costal margin, cymaiistl--. 
then fine, notched, sharply extra-angular in the submedian fold. Black scales in the centre of the cell and at 
the upper cell-angle. A faded black spot at the middle of the costal margin. Exterior line with a black streak 
at the costal margin, then indistinct, angled at vein 6, punctiformly inward below it. Submarginal line spotted, 
brown, outward as far as vein 6, then undulate to the inner margin. Hindwing white, brown at the margin. 
32 mm. New Guinea, Queensland. 
B. griseola B.-Bak. (38 e). Forewing brownish white at the base, reddish brown in the marginal area, griseola. 
Two black spots at the base at the costal margin. Interior line similar to that in cymatistis. A black luna in 
the cell, a spot above it at the costal margin. From this spot a black median line proceeds, not mentioned in 
the description, somewhat obliquely outward as far as the submedian fold, then vertical . Exterior line black, 
notched, incurved below the costal margin, excurved at vein 2. Submarginal line as in cymatistis. Hindwing 
white, broadly smoky brown at the apex. $ 30 mm. New Guinea (Key Is.). — We figure an exceptionally 
distinctly marked specimen: — forma bakeri n. f. (38 e) from the Collection of the Berlin Museum. bakeri. 
2'. Hair-pencil of $ absent, vein 7 branches off fro m 8 + 9 b e h i n d t h e 
a r e o 1 e. 
B. alopha Hmps. (38 f) is very differently marked, conspicuous by the strongly introangular exterior alopha. 
line. Forewing pale red-brown, slightly dusted black. Interior line blackish, fine, bent, notched. White scales 
at the upper cell-angle. Exterior line white, blackish inside, widely and pointedly inserted at vein 2, excurved 
above it, widely outward to the inner margin. Submarginal line white, incurved towards the costal margin. 
Hindwing diaphanous white. The $ is whiter, scarcely brown at all on the forewing. 24 mm. India, Ceylon, 
Tonkin, Java. 
B. meizotoxa Joan, resembles alopha (38 f). Ash-grey. Interior line undulate, downward as far as vein 1. meizoioxa. 
White scales in the centre of the cell and at the cross-vein. Median line obliquely outward to the reniform macula, 
then inward. Exterior line white, black inside, incurved at vein 3, then downward as far as vein 2, then again 
outward. Submarginal line undulate, edged dark inside. Hindwing white, diaphanous. $ 21 mm. Tonkin. 
B. costalis Hmps. (38 d). Forewing chalky white with a fine brown marking. Interior line notched, costalia. 
vertical. A small spot in the centre of the cell and above the cell-end. Exterior line with a black spot at the 
costal margin, excurved behind the cell, undulate, inward below vein 4. Submarginal line finely notched, vertical. 
Hindwing white, somewhat brownish at the margin. 30 mm. North India. We figure a specimen from the Key Is. 
B. suffida Swh. Forewing chalky white, dusted somewhat grey, especially at the costal margin, with suffida. 
black dots in the distal part. Transverse lines greyish ochreous. Interior line double, undulate; the median 
line more undulate, incurved at the inner margin. Exterior line proceeding from 2 black spots, rectangularly 
bent in the middle. Submarginal line uniformly bent, with black notches in front. All the lines edged with 
white. Hindwing greyish white, darker at the apex. $ 25 mm. Assam. 
B. tetragramma Hmps. (38 d). Forewing brownish white, the median and marginal areas somewhat letragramma. 
darker. Interior line dark, inward. Median line white, undulate. A red-brown spot at the cross-vein. Exterior 
line horizontal below the costal margin, then undulate vertical. Submarginal line Avhite, edged dark outside, 
less undulate. Hindwing white, brownish at the apex. $ 25 mm. Samoa, Fidji. 
B. nigrilineata Wilem. West. ForeAving white, with a dark spot at the base. Basal and median areas nigrilineatu 
dusted dark. The interior border of the median area white, extra-angular below the costal margin, then bent 
inward. The exterior border introangular beloAv the costal margin, then outward, cutting a blackish brown 
spot at vein 2. Reniform macula indicated by a small chocolate brown spot. Submarginal area dark brown, 
enclosing the straight blackish brown submarginal line. Hindwing white, dark at the margin. $ 24 mm. 
Philippines. 
B. basigerella Wkr. (38 e). Small. Forewing greyish brown. A large brown spot at the costal margin basigerella. 
at the base. Interior line far outside, blackish, undulate, somewhat outward. A dark streak at the cross-vein. 
Exterior line obliquely outward from the centre of the costal margin to vein 4, Avhere it is rectangular. Sub¬ 
marginal line whitish, finely notched, edged dark inside. Hindwing pale brown. $ 20 mm. Flores. NeAv Guinea. 
