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108 CA.TALOGUE OF
, Female. Hoa!'y. Proboscis ferrnginlluB, 1I081'Y ROIl ~qllnmoug
towards Lhe base. FOIe wings speckled with blllck ond with green,
mneous-brown along most of the extel'ior bOI'der; disenl point blRek;
interior aud extf'rior liues brown, zigzag, the Intlel' deeply bent
outward. Bind willll'S ditruseclly brown along the exterior border.
Length of the body 6 liues; of the wings 16 lines.
a. Austra1ia. From Ml'. Dumol's col1ecLion.
Genus 64, ALA.TA.
M1I8. Corpus yix robustum. Fasoioulus frontalis produotus.
Proboscis lougiuscula. Falpi l'ecti, Ja.uceolati, subascelldelltcs, sat
gracile!!; al'Lieulu8 2us subtus suhllltus, penicillo 1)8sali ; 3us breViS,
II'racilis. AlIlenulil l'obustl8; articuli 1 us et 2us diln tati; 2us penic:iIlatu8.
Abdomen alas pustions longe superllns. Pecles lm"08, sat
robusti; tiMm pObtiom elllclIl'ibus quatuor parvis, AII8 anLiem eloagatl8,
perangustre, Bubacutoo, margiue exteriOl'e subllonvexo sat
obliquo.
Mille, Body hardly stout. Froutal tuft very prominent. Pro­
,boscts rllther long. Palpi straight, Illnceolate, rather slender, very
slightly asceu,ling; tllil'd joint ncute, slender, about one-fourth of
the length of the secllml j the latter is fUl'rowed benl'atll for the 1'0-
ception of thc Ilenicillote tuft of hnirs Ilt its hase. Autellnm btout;
first and second joints diluted, Ille Illtter with a penicillnte tuft of
bairs. A.bdomen extendiug muoh beyond tho hind wings; apical
tuft small, elongated. Legs STllooth, rather stouL; bind tibire with
fuur sbort spurs. Wings elllngl1te. Fore wings very Datl'OW,
sligbtly acute; costa straight; extel'ior border slightly convex,
1'l1ther oblique.
1. AL,\.TA. ANTIOALIS.
Mas. Cervina; antl'rlnm basi ",ubtu8 aibm; IIlJdonll'n cervllZo-albidum;
alIB "tltiCOl SUbhYllli1/f2, posticc cinercm, oosla alba;
poslil'll) albido./''!Iclli7ulJ, IBlleo 8ubnitentes.
Alale. Fawo-coluur, whitish beneath. Fh'st and second juints
of the untcnlllll white benea.th. Abdomen whili&b, with 1\ slight
tinge of lilwn-colour. Fore wings blightly hyaline, eiuel'eous hindwitI'd;
costa white. Bind wings wliitish hyn.lino, with a slight
mneous tiuge. Length of' tho bocly 6 lilies i of the wiugs 12 lines.
4. St. Jago. Presented by C. DOl'win, Esq.
h. Sierra ~eone. Pl'csented by the Rev. D. F. l\Iorgan.