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tibiffi red, their spines with black tips. Fore wings slightly cinereous, darker 

 alonu; the hind border, with two large blackish patches near the base, with 

 some irregular blaclsish spots in ihe middle part, and with several exterior 

 blackish points. Hind wings pellucid ; tips brown ; veins black, whitish 

 at the base and along the interior border. Length of the body 12 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 22 lines. 



a. Cape. From Dr. Krauss' collection. 



Madagascar. 



14. Epacromia. inclyta. 



Foem. Fulva ; caput et prothorax nigricante bivittala ; caput fasfigio 

 conico, sulcis laleralibus talis triaugularibus, striyis duabus frontali- 

 bus lanceolalis nigricanlibus ; prothorax unicarinatus, viltis testaceo 

 bislrigatis, margins postico subproducto, vix angulalo ; femora postica 

 striga brevi antemedia exteriore ; tibia posticce glaucescenles, basi 

 pallide testacece; alee anlicce pallidt cinerea, ptagis tribus magnis 

 antemediis obscure fuscis, maculis duabus exterioribus punctisque 

 adhuc exterioribus pallide fuscis ; alee posticce diaphancE, fascia post- 

 media pallide fuscescenle valde abbreviata. 



Female. Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head and prothorax with two 

 blackish stripes which do not extend to the hind border of the latter. Tip 

 of the vertex depressed, conical ; lateral furrows broad, triangular ; front 

 erect, punctured, with four well-defined diverging keels ; inner keels con- 

 tinuous to the tip of the vertex; a blackish lanceolate streak on the exterior 

 side of each outer keel. Antenuse filiform, black towards the tips. Pro- 

 thorax with a distinct middle keel ; two oblique testaceous streaks in each 

 stripe, converging towards the middle keel; a testaceous lanceolate streak 

 on the' exterior side of each stripe; hind border slightly elongated, hardly 

 angular. Hind femora a little longer than the abdomen, with a short black 

 stieak on the outer side at one-third of the length from the base ; hind tibiae 

 pale glaucous, pale testaceous towards the base ; spines pale testaceous, with 

 black tips. Fore wings pale cinereous, with three large dark brown ante- 

 medial patches, with two pale brown exterior spots, and with some pale 

 brown more exterior points. Hind wings pellucid, with a pale brownish 

 postmedial band which is much abbreviated in front; veins black, pale 

 yellow towards the base and along the interior border. Length of the body 

 13 lines; expansion of the fore wings 27 lines. 



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



South Asia. 



15. El'ACUO.MIA SIMULATHIX. 



Mas. Teslacea, E. thalassinae affinis; caput et prothorax fusco varia ; 

 caput fusco bistrigatum ; femora poftlica nigricante bifasciata ; tibice 

 posliccB albldiC, fascia antemedia fuscescente ; aUc anticce cinerea, 

 guttis basalibus et subapicalibus fasciisque tribus intermediis nigris ; 

 aim posticce fusccc, basi diaphance flavo venosce. 



