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267. Tetralonia invaria. Male. — Black. Head and thorax 

 thickly covered with cinereous hairs. Eyes livid. Mouth black; 

 tongue tawny. Antennae a little shorter than the body ; tawny 

 beneath. Abdomen with testaceous tomentum and towards the base 

 with cinereous hairs. Legs slightly pilose ; tarsi tawny, excepting 

 the first joint. Wings cinereous ; veins and stigma black. Length 

 of the body 4^ Unes. 



It has some affinity to T. Malvae ; the bands of the abdomeu are 

 broader and join the hind borders of the segments. 



Cairo. 



S68. Tetralonia amcena. Female. — Black. Head and pectus 

 clothed with whitish hairs. Clypeus pale luteous. Antennae red. 

 Thorax and legs with ochraceous hairs. Abdomen ferruginous, with 

 three white bauds which are slightly narrower in the middle, and with 

 two posterior slightly gilded white bands. Wings dark cinereous, 

 with a lurid tinge ; veins and stigma black. Var. (3. — Abdomen 

 piceous, tawny towards the tip. Length of the body 6 lines. 



It has most affinity to T. tricincta, a North African species, but is 

 distinguished by the colour of the clypeus. 



Rafla. 



269. Tetralonia decora. Female. — Black, stout. Head and 

 pectus clothed with whitish hairs. Eyes ferruginous. Antennae dark 

 red beneath. Thorax and legs clothed with ochraceous hairs. 

 Abdomen above with white hairs at the base and with three bands of 

 white tomentum ; second band narrower in the middle ; third deeply 

 notched in the middle of the hind side ; a white subapical patch on 

 each side ; under side with tawny bauds. Wings cinereous ; veins 

 and stigma black. Length of the body 5i lines. 



This is also nearly allied to T. tricincta. 



Hor Tamanib. 



270. Tetralonia sPOLiATA. Female. — Black. Head, thorax and 

 legs clothed with cinereous hairs. Eyes piceous. Abdomen with 

 four dorsal bands of whitish tomentum on the hind borders of the 

 segments ; first band narrower than the others. Legs partly clothed 

 with ochraceous hairs. Wings dark cinereous; veins and stigma 

 black. Length of the body 7 — 7i lines. 



Mount Sinai. 



