14 SUPPLEMENT. 



Fore wings broad, extending a little beyond the abdomen ; subcostal 

 transverse veins long, regular. Length of the body 8 lines; expansion of 

 the fore wings 16 lines. 



Distinguished from other species of the genus by the more prominent 

 eyes. 



a. Vavou, Pacific Ocean. Presented by J. Brenchley, Esq. 



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NlSlTRA MACULOSA. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput parvum ; antenna picea, corpore longiores ; pro- 

 thorax fascia discali abbreviata incisa maculisque duabus leslaceis ; 

 cerci abdomine vix breviores ; pedes longi, graciles, fusco fasciati, 

 tibiis posticis trispinosis ; alee anlicce cinerea, fusco nebulosce, abdo- 

 men superantes ; alec posticee multo longiores. 



Male. Tawny. Head small, paler in front. Eyes piceous, oval, 

 slightly prominent. Antennae piceous, slender, longer than the body. 

 Prothorax narrower in front above, wider in front on the sides, with an 

 irregular notched abbreviated testaceous band iu the disk and with two 

 testaceous spots on each side. Cerci nearly as long as the abdomen. 

 Legs long, slender; femora and tibiae with irregular browu bands ; hind 

 tibiae as long as the hind femora, with three long spines. Wings cinereous. 

 Fore wings partly clouded with brown, extending rather beyond the abdo- 

 men. Hind wings longer than the fore wings. Length of the body 

 9 lines. 



a. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



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CECANTHUS NIVEUS. 



a—f. Massachusetts. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



CECANTHUS FILIBER. 



Foem. Pallide stramineus, gracillimus ; caput antice'produclum ; antenna 

 corpore multo longiores; oviductus abdomine valde longior ; cerci 

 oviduclu multo breviores; femora postica corpore breviora; tibia 

 poslica spinulosa ; ala anlica diaphana, corpore longiores; ala 

 postica longissima. 



Female. Pale straw-colour, linear, very slender. Head elongated in 

 front. Antennae very slender, much longer than the body. Oviduct much 

 longer than the abdomen. Cerci much shorter than the oviduct. Hind 

 femora shorter than the body ; hind tibiae as long as the hiud femora, with 

 a row of very minute spines and with a few longer spines towards the tips. 

 Wings pellucid. Fore wings longer than the body. Hiud wings much 

 longer than the fore wings. Length of the body 5 lines ; expansion of the 

 fore wings 12 lines, 

 a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



