mid fhi' till iiil i/mii/js nf llir Ftuiiilij Aniiiilii'. 27 



along tlu' suli-mediiUi nervurc ; sccoiidiiric's with a black dot at 

 end of cell ; venter testaceous ; costa of primaries below testa- 

 ceous ; otherwise as above : expanse of wings 1 inch, 1 to 2 

 lines. 



Loanda, August, 1872 ; Anilniz, ()ct()l)cr, 1872 ; (Moiifcim). 



r>M. 



Allied to L. runilii, but niucli less iiiavkcd with brown than in 

 any examples of that specii's, also smaller and jialer in colouring. 



Lacijilcf Ihii-iitn.* 



%. Spllasnniii liiirii, Walker. Le]). Hct. 3, ]). 671, n. 12, 

 (1855). 



^ . 8t>il<>sniii,i ilnrsiih's. Walker, 1. c. n. 13, (1855). 



^. Sjiilii'^iiiii'i dfii/nliiiii, Wallengren, Wien. Knt. IMonatschr. 

 4, p. 161, n. 5, (1860); Kcmgl. Svensk. Akad. llandl. 5, j.. 49, 

 n. 2, (1865). 



Var. ^ 1 S/>ilii-^<i)iiii frinii-iiliitii, AValkcr, Lc}). llet. 7, ]i. 1781, 

 (1856). 



iS. Africa, (Ari/i'iil kh'I tSniilli), Natal, {(Jiu'luziiix), C'a})e, 

 {Dmii;). B.M. 



The example mentioned as coming from West Africa is generi- 

 cally distinct. 



(Jenus EriLACvuEs, //. ijni. 



Differs from the ])receding geinis in its altogether less woolly 

 thorax, and from the African se<'.tion in its much longer jialj)!. 

 Ty])e E. .^iiiiiilniis. 



E/)iliiri/ili's xi iiiillil ii.<^ II. ■</i. 



^ . in appearance very like L'lri/df.^ Uiicafa^, Ijut altogether 

 ])aler in colour, with no bifurcate termination to tlie median 

 streak of primaries ; thorax narrower. 



Head ])ale stramineous, brownish in front ; antenna' black ; 

 l)alpi black above, whity-brown below ; colkir and thorax stram- 

 ineous, the latter witli a dorsal black streak ; alidomcn golden 

 orange with dorsal black spots and latciaj black points ; juima- 

 ries .silky stranuneous with a lilack sti'cak, slightly widcinng from 



* This is evidently more correct than linea, but if preferred the name 

 dorsalis nuiy be adopted. 



