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Mille. Very palo cinereouB fawn-colour. Fore "iull'S 'Wllb a
very slight olive-green tinge, and witb some black speckles, whioh
are plaoed transversely Rnd are ohliteratpd hindwald; a large diffuse
brown patch ahout the apical pal't of the cosla. Hind wings
'Very minutely brown.speckled. Length of the body 7liues I of tlio
wings 16 lines.
II. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith.
Genus 14. BIBITA.
Mal. Corpus orassum, piIoshsimum. Proboscis 00801et8.
Pilipi porrecti, crassi. piloqissimi, capitis latitudlne breviores. AbdOlllen
aIRs pORtieas sllperaDs; fll~ciculus apicalis minimu!. Pedos
robllSti, femQribU8 tiblisque pilosis, caluaribus qUlltuor longis. AIm
~loDgatlll, apissBl, latiusculm, oosta margiueque exteriore pDrparum
convexts. margine exteriore Bubtruncato.
Male. Body thie)" very llilose. Proboscis obsDlete. Palpi
porrect, thick, very pilose, shorter than thc breadth of thl'
bead; third joint minute, concealed by the hair~. Abdomen
oxtending rather beyond the hind wings; apioal tuft very small.
Legs stout; femora and tibice Jlilose; hind tibilll with four long
spurs. Willgs elongate, dense, comparatively broad. Fore wings
ha.rdlyaeute, very slightly truncated along the interior'bordor; CORta
and exterior border very sliglltly convex, the latf.er moderately
Oblique.
1. H IBll'A. AIl0TURELLA.
Mas. Ferr'Uginpo., subtul Cinl'ro.Bcens; lila o.nti('0 fuseD con­
SPeNlP, C(1810. nigricantB C01IGpeI'8O" fast;a media Ju~ca oblif/ua,
tn1flclis ,uarginalibus fligrico.ntiblls; po81ica!'Ullcte.
Male. Ferruginous. Abdomen and bind wings brown; under
aide more eineleous. Fore wings with transverse brown spookles,
the latter blackish along the co&f.a; a brown oblique incomplete
middle band; margillal points blackish. LeDgth of tho body 6
liDes; of the wings 16 lines.
0.. Ega. Ftom Mr. Bates' collection.
Genus lli. ORYBA.
Ma,. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis conspicun. Palpi porreoti,
lanoeolati, capitis Illtitudine vix duplll longillres; articulus
3us 20 Don brcvior. Antennlll glnbrm. groloiles. Abdomen alas