38 (EDEMA TOPHOliUS. 



Tihiis anticis uno, mediis diiohus floccls cervinis 

 or )i at is, albidis ; tihiis posticis subcervinis, arii- 

 culis vix incrassatis. 



Var. /3. Capite et alis anticis subochraceis, cost a dilu- 

 tiore, inaculis vix indicatis. 



Var a. Head and thorax very pale whitish ochreous ; 

 the face slightly tinged with fawn-colour; the 

 palpi fawn-colour ; the neck with a conspicuous 

 collar of ei'ect fawn-coloured scales ; antennae 

 whitish, faintly spotted above with very pale 

 fawn-colour. 



The fore wings whitish ochreous, having the costa 

 and apex slightly shaded and the dorsal margin 

 delicately tinged with pale fawn-colour ; a dark 

 fawn-coloured spot before the base of the fissure 

 is more or less connected obliquely with an 

 elongated spot of the same colour on the costa 

 beyond it. The cilia are delicately tinged with 

 very pale fawn-colour. 



The hind wings and their cilia shining pale fawn- 

 colour. 



The first and second pairs of legs are white, orna- 

 mented at the joints, the first with one, the 

 second with two conspicuous dark fawn-coloured 

 brush-like tufts. The third pair of legs tinged 

 with pale fawn-colour, whitish along their inner 

 sides ; the joints slightly thickened, not an- 

 nulated. 



The anal appendages of the male of this species are 

 very large and conspicuous, the lateral ones 



