192- INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



the tips along nearhj two-thirds of the hind border ; the outliiw of the brown 

 has curves along the whole length, and between its two deepest indentations it 

 extends nearly to the hind border of the iving ; wing-ribs and veins black ; 

 poisers pitchy with pale yellow tips. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the 

 wings 11 lines. 



Anthrax siqua, Fern. 



Nigro-fusca, scutelli margine postico albo-hirto, abdominis lateribus albo 

 nigroque fasciculatis, antcnnis pedibusque nigris, alls limpidis macu- 

 lis confluentihus gutlisque fuscis ornatis. 



Black, covered ivith brown, clothed with black hairs : a hoary tinge on 

 the fore part of the head, whose hind part is gray and clothed with short 

 white hairs : chest and breast partly clothed with hoary and dark tawny hairs : 

 hind border of the scutcheon adorned ivith a fringe of white hairs : abdomen 

 nearly elliptical, a little shorter and broader than the chest, adorned with 

 tufts of black and white hairs, which last occupy nearly the whole of the 

 back towards the tip : legs covered with reddish brown, adorned with white 

 scales, armed with white spines : wings colourless, broivn at the base, adorned 

 with numerous brown spots which are mostly confluent, and with brotvn dots 

 which form a row along the fore border and a few shorter and less distinct 

 rows on the disk ; the tips and nearly two-thirds of the hind border are co- 

 lourless ivith the exception of six round brown dots ; the borders of the cross- 

 veins are pale brown ; wing-ribs and veins black ; poisers black with white 

 tips. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



South America. 



Anthrax succedens. Fern. 



Nigra, nigro-hirta, antennis nigris, pcdibus piceis, tibiis fulvis, alis lim- 

 pidis basi fuscis fusco bimacidatis. 



Black, clothed with short black hairs and long black bristles : abdo- 

 men obconical, a little longer than the chest: legs pitchy, beset with black 

 bristles ; shanks dark tawny : ivings colourless, brown towards the base ; the 

 outline of the broivn is irregular and in its upper course it projects into the 

 colourless part ; and it extends from near two-thirds of the fore border to 



