3. ANTHRAX ^^^ 



.0 n.ucl. a. in the /emale) down t. -.tly ^^^^^^:^^::^ 

 with the t^f •k^>l"^g/admg out mde^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^i rectangular 



thirds of the discal ^^^ll toward, the^e^^^^^^^^ ^ recurrent vemlet, and the 



origin of the radial vein ^""""l.^^^}''^'^^^^^ near the tip; the piece of the 

 loop of this vein with %P«^?J^'^^j£ ^^Xra^s le lower margin of the discal 

 upi'er branch of the f ^^icalf oik which to^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^_ ^^^ ^ j^ 



cM is as long as or longer t^g^ ^lie base oi ^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^p ^^ 



ifj^f^S^^vitHL' baS^of Sf knob and thl stem dark orange or almost 



blackish. 



o Very simila. to ... /-»«, tat the distinction of the wing darkening even 



■ ""'Krsrrli«Kiing dow„.„^ . ;«tlho;rt'r\,Sett« 



scales yellower ancl becoming o\^ "f of the head, while some tmy black 

 ?^,.,= ^^L::^^^ vLiS: in ..■/.,.»•« i. ha..c.,y v.,Ue 



in this species. . , , , 



Scutellum as m the male. , .,„^,..,.p ^v^^n in the male, and apparently 



Abdomen broader 1>||VXlt^irinVX ".■»., though this appearance 

 narrower and more P^J^^^^^-f Vftlw ^^^^ side pubescence and the broader 

 may be only caused through !^^^*^^f^r°'^^^4'4cen^^ on the disc shorter and 

 and more sharply dehned P^^^^^^f^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ and more orange 



less pale than m ^^•P^''''''''Z.'lfl^^^^ more defined on 



than\n J. iVm.8c». because o the ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^e pronounced on 



at least the second, third, f ^^^^^^^l' 'X^^ segments sometimes have more 

 the fifth and sixth segments even UK.u.h those g^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^,^^ . 



abundant golden «caks ; ba ds ^'^ ^Jie ^^^^^^^^ tufts near the tip smaller 

 emarginate at the middle behind f;"^^ jf ^^^^^^ ^e larger but less sharply 



«nd less distinct, while the apical blacK ^P'^^^ 'V f -Opiiv covered with dense 

 bKciteLse it' includes numerous ^^^-YiroT'th^fifC^^ and seventh 

 tawny golden scales, except on \^\\"^'f^ T'' " ^e.-ous loAg tawny hairs, 

 segments, while the basal segments ^ve a^^^^^^ J^^^ ^J^^ ,^y^^ ,„d 



Legs almost as m the l^^^le. ^^ fli no P^^^^^l^^^ ^eales far more numerous, 

 with rather stronger bristles on these tim^^ ^^^^ ^j^^^ ^^, ^H tUe 



the posterior femora being ^bnost covereci | ,^ scattered ; anterior 



tibii and the front f?m«fa 1)?^^^S Wnot dense black pubescence except 

 femora with some ^^^^^^^^Jf. ^^g^u ei^^ht antero-ventral spines but none 

 near the tip; hind fem^^^^^^ short erect pubescence more 



near the base ; front farbi witu ^^^^^_ 



obvious than in the male ; ™s haiclly taj y conspicuous than m 



Wings with the darkeijingM.1 the orema .n ^^^^^ .^^ ^^^^ ^^j^^^, ^^^^^^^ 



Length about 1 1 mm. 



• . ^. tbP colour of the pubescence from light greyish 



This species varies m the coioui "i ^ i ^^^ ^ various small 



yellow to'fnlvous, and the venation s ems ^ohe^^i^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ 



aberrations; t^^^ recurrent vemlet om he up^^^^ g ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ 



the radial vein is frequently P «^f "^ to or before or after 



radial vein may ^-erge ^rom the pi.^^^^^^^^ opi ^^^^^^^^ ^^ Lyndhurst has 



the discal cross-vem. {^J'}''^''.^^^^^'\Z^^^ the upward bend of 



a moderately long vein et issuing m both ™ « t^o i^ .^ iniperfect 



the discal vein in the third P^^^^.^f p^^^^^^^^^ nearly destroys the 



at its base in th^l•lg^^^^^^g' ,t,^ J.^in the^om 

 essential character of only four postenoi ^eH ^^^^^^^^^ J^^, ^,ore closely 



This species is very «"^^l,^^.f .^^^S'^otever it is distinguished 

 allied to A. ci^m^atus, from ^^?^^\'^j'lt^J^^^^^^^ is very obvious 



by the darker foremargm of the wmg, wiuo 



