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and its tip, which ends at rather far in front of the tip of the wing ; 

 discal transverse vein slightly undulating, parted by less than its 

 length from the border and by little more than half its length 

 from the flexure of the praebrachial ; alulae whitish. 



Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



Cape. 



Genus Gonia, Meig. 



Gonia oestroides. 



Fcem. — Nigra, capite testaceo albido-tonientoso, frontalibus 

 pallide luteis, antennis nigris, articulo 2" rufescente, thorace 

 cinereo subvittato, callis humeralibus scutelloque fulvis, ab- 

 domine rufescente, vitta dorsali nigra, alis limpidis, venis 

 testaceis apice nigris, alulis albis. 

 Female, — Black ; head testaceous, with shining whitish tomen- 

 tum ; frontalia pale Inteous, linear, with four rows of bristles 

 along each side ; facialia with bristles along more than half the 

 length from the epistoma, which is slightly prominent ; antennae 

 black ; second joint reddish ; third with hoary tomentum, reach- 

 ing the epistoma ; thorax with cinereous tomentum, indistinctly 

 striped; humeral calli and scutellum tawny; abdomen reddish, 

 with a black dorsal stripe ; wings limpid ; veins testaceous, black 

 towards the tips ; praebrachial vein hardly curved inward between 

 its flexure and its tip ; discal transverse vein slightly undulating, 

 parted by more than its length from the border and by more 

 than half its length from the flexure of the praebrachial j alulae 

 white. 



Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 

 Hindostan. 



Sub-fam. 3. Dexides. 



SYNOPSIS. 



* Proboscis brevis. 



-|- Oviductus non elongatus. 



J Abdomen non petiolatum. 



§ Venae prasbrachialis et costalis conjunctae. 



X Corpus latissimum. 

 H- Corpus metallicum. Rutilia, Desv. 

 — {- Corpus non aut ex parte metallicum. Diaphania, Macq. 



