174 TNSECTA SAUNDEESTANA. 



wing-ribs and veins tawny ; poisers black. Length of the body 8 lines ; of 

 the wings 21 lines. 



Anthrax recta. 



Nigra, fulvo-hirta, anlennis myris hasi ferrugineis, pedibns nigris viridi 

 aureuque micantibus, alisfuscis ad apices oblique limpidis. 



Black, clothed with bright deep tawny hairs : crown and sides of the 

 peristoma beset with short black bristles ; epistoma very prominent : first 

 joint of the feelers dark ferruginous ; second pitchy ; first and second beset 

 with short black bristles : abdomen obconical, very little shorter and 

 broader than the chest : legs black, clothed with very short black hairs and 

 bristles, adorned with green and golden lustre : wings colourless, dark brown 

 on more than half the surface from the base ; the outline of this brotcn is 

 nearly straight, very oblique, and extends from three-fourths of the length of 

 the fore border to one-fourth of the length of the hind border ; wing-ribs 

 and veins black ; poisers tawny. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



South America. 



Anthr.vx restituta. 



Nigra, fulvo-hirta, abdominis vittisfasciisque fulvo-pilosis, antennis nigris 

 basi ferrugineis,pedibus nigris aureo-micantibus, alisfuscis ad apices 

 oblique limpidis. 



Black, clothed with short bright deep tawny hairs : crown and sides 

 of the peristoma beset with short black bristles ; epistoma very prominent: 

 first and second joints of the feelers dark ferruginous, clothed with short 

 black bristles : abdomen obconical, very little shorter and broader than the 

 chest, clothed with bright short tawny hairs, which form a broad stripe on 

 each side and extend in narrow bands along the hind borders of the seg- 

 ments: legs adorned with golden lustre, clothed with very short black 

 hairs and bristles : wings colourless, dark broum on more than half the sur- 

 face from the base ; the outline of this brown is nearly straight, very oblique, 

 and extends from beyond two-thirds of the length of the fore border to one- 

 third of the length of the hind border; wing-ribs and veins black; poisers 



