90 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Testaceous, tomenlose. Head with a hlackisli ridge between 

 the eyes and with three anterior blackish stripes, the bind pari of the 

 middle stripe interlaced ; some blackish marks on tlie face. Eyes tawny, 

 prominent. Anlennae piceous, lestaceous at tiie base, aliout thrice the 

 leiigih of the body. Prothorax, mesolhorax and meiaihor.ix wiih some 

 irregular piceous spots. Cerci a liille lonjrer ihau the abdomen. Legs 

 wiih brown bands on the femora and on the libis. Length of the body 

 6 lines. 



The specimen described is without hind legs. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's colleciion. 



2. Zaora morbillosa. 



Mas. Tfslacea, tomentosa ; caput nigra quiiujue viltatum ; palpnrum 

 arlivtilus Sits subseciiriforinis ; antenna: picnc ; pruthorax nigra sub- 

 marginalus, fascia nigricanle indeterminata abbriviala fulvo binotata, 

 laleribus reclis ; mtsothorax el melathorax nigricanle fasciati ; abdo- 

 men fulvum nigricante conspersum el maculaluiii, villa nigricatile 

 leslaceu gultala. 



Male. Testaceous, tomentose, nearly cylindrical. Head shining, 

 with five broad black stripes on ihe vertex ; middle slripe including: a testa- 

 ceous line; outer pair very short; a horse-slioe-shaped lilack maik in front 

 of the middle sliipe. Eyes piceous, slighlly elongated, very slightly convex. 

 Thin! joint of the ]ialpi sii';hily securiform, a little litn;;er than the second. 

 Aiiiennse piceons, te^slaceous at the base. Pmthoiax with a very narrow 

 black border, and with a blackish broad irregular abbreviated inidille band 

 which contains a transverse tawny spot on each side ; lateral kei-Is much 

 rounded; vertical part broadest in front; sidts straight. Mesolhorax and 

 metalhorax with Maikish bands, whose hind borders are dentate. .Abdo. 

 men lawny; dorsal segments wiih a blackish strijie whieb includes a testa- 

 ceous dot on the hind border on each sei;ment, with blackish speckles and 

 wiih transverse rows of blackish dots. Fnur anterior legs rather short and 

 slout, thickly beset with blaek bristles. Length of the body 7i lines. 



a. S. Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



3. Zaora i-audalis. 



Poem. Teslacea, toinentosa ; caput striga ramosa antice /areata strigis- 

 que duabtts laleralibus nigris ; antenna nigra; prothorax fasriis 

 duabits nigris subinterru/Uis, \a lata abbreviata, '2a infonni utrinque 

 alUnuata ; abdomen nigra punclalum gutlalum d plagiatum ; cerci 

 corpnre jmullo longioret ; oviductus corpore paullo brevier; pedes 

 nigra fasciati. 



Female. Testaceous, tomentose. Head shining, wiih a black ramose 

 streak on the vertex, forked in front; a black streak on each side extending 

 from the eye to the face. Antenna' black, about thrice the length of the 

 body. Prolhoiax with two slightly iinerru|ited black bands; (irst band on 

 the fore border broad, abbreviated ; second near the hind i>oriler, irregular, 

 attenuated on each side. Dorsal abdominal segments with black points, 

 with a few black patches on each side, and with a row of black dots along 



