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sullquadrate. Legs stout, slil!htly )lilose, ratller long; hind tibim
with fbur ImOllerlltely long spurs, Wiugs tlonl(ute, Fore wings
narrow, rounded at the tips I c(J~La sLrai~ht; l'Xtlll'ior hurll!'r UUDvex,
hllrdly oblique, Hillrl wings sernihYlilino. Female.-Autounre
smooth, VlJl'y slouder,
1. l\1ELITARA PllODRNlAUB.
M !lB. Pallide ,.inrt'CII-CPI'llilla; alte alllieee lIigro BU{Jl'll7lS}lu'siB
anti~e albiclo-ci1leI'eCl!, U'IC'is dllalmR niU"is allUlIiosis "Pilla tis,
24 t'inerco 1Il11rgilllluA, /1~nclo tJi.yt·"I; PUIlC4is'lltc marginalibli,f
nillriB; Il11slil,ttI albl8, sl'lIIl1lyalinr.e apull (1oslall'l. pallide cervinCl!.
lill(!a 1IIltrginali fllsl'a,
Male. Pule oinorcous tawn-colour. Foro wings vory thinly
Bnd millutely hlack-RJlccklcll, mObUy whitihll oiuereolls ill frout j
iutel'jor alld extcrior liuts black, zigzllj(, remote from eacb other,
the lutler bOJ'(lored witb pule cillerClIlIs; discill point and marAinlli
poiut~ black, H iuu wings whit.e, 8ulIIillyaline, pale f,IWII-coloUTI',I
along Ibe unstll i mllrghm) line brown, Length of the body 6-9
HuL's; of the wings 16-20 lines,
4, United StulOs, Prcsouted by E, Doubleday, Esq.
Gellus 90, ADRA.
Mag. C01'11I19 sut robu9tuln. Proboscis bl'evis, Plllpi pOl'­
recti, C11llUt pllullo 8111JerILutes; Ilrticulu~ 2us 8ubtus pubesll~D8; Sus
graoilis, nOUlllS, minhnus. Anlelllllll breYlusllulo.', pectmatll!. Abdomen
ahls postioas SUIH!fllnS; apice subooml'I'6lIIiUm vix ti180ioul«­
tutll, Pedes lalVes, Bllt vulidi; tihilll posiiew qlladricillcaratm.
Aim Ilntic~ allgustlll, clougatw, Ilpice 8ubroLulldlltlll, 1lI1lrgine eXle­
~iore petobliquo,
Mille. Body rather stout, Pl'ohosels sllort, PaIJli porreet,
extending a little beyond the bUild; IIUOOIlU jlliut model'alely stout,
pubescellt bellCI\Lh; third Ilcute, vel'y mucb mOlc slender thllll tbe
flccond, IlJl(lll\)~ mure Lllllll ono~riixLh of its lellgtb. AlltcnllOO ratber
sllOrl moderlltoly pcctinatcd. Ab,lllInCII c:Xlcndililf beyond the
Mnd ~illgs. hligbtly coml'1'CRsec1 Ilt the tip i 1l11i