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2. Penthimia VIC aria. 



Nigra J vel ferruginea ; alcB anticte maculates. 



Black, shining : head and chest convex, minutely striated -. 

 scutcheon with a reddish feiTuginous dot on each side and one at 

 the tip : fore-wings covered with ferruginous dots ; their tips and 

 the hind-wings gray. Length of the body 2 — 2\ lines ; of the wings 

 4—5 lines. 



Var. ^. Ferruginous : legs black : fore-wings pitchy, with lurid 

 marks ; tips lurid : hind-wings almost colourless. 



Var. y like var. jS : legs and fore-wings ferruginous ; the latter 

 mottled with brown. 



a — c. St. John's BlulBT, E. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday 

 Esq. 



3. Penthimia orientalis. 



Aira ; abdomen apice pedesque anteriores nonnunquam rufo varia ; 

 alcE posticcB fusccB. 



Deep black, oval : head and chest convex, thinly punctured : 

 hind border of the breast red : fure-wings thickly punctured ; their 

 tips and the hind-wings brown. Length of the body 3| lines ; of 

 the wings 7 lines. 



Var. /3. Abdomen red on each side towards the tip : anterior 

 shanks and feet mostly red. 



a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



4. Penthimia fulviventris. 



Picea, sat longa ; abdomen subtus fulvum ; tarsi postici fulvi ; 

 alcB anticce apice fuscce limpido fasciatce. 



Pitchy, rather long, almost elliptical : head and chest convex, 

 thickly and minutely punctured, with an indistinct longitudinal 

 ridge : chest sli2:htly impressed on each side : hind border of the 

 breast tawny : abdomen beneath tawny, with a pitchy tip : hind-feet 



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