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transverse vein slightly undulating, parted by half its length from 

 the border, and by more than half its length from the flexure 

 of the praebrachial ; alulae white. 



Length of the body S\ lines ; of the wings G lines. 



Natal. 



Sub-Fam. ANTHOMYIDES. 



Genus Aricia, Desv. 

 Aricia rescita. 

 Fcem. — Cinerea, capite albo, frontalibus nigris, antennis longius- 

 culis, arista plumosa, thorace vittis quatuor nigricantibns, 

 abdomine tesseliato, alis sub-cinereis, lituris duabus (una 

 basali, altera costali) nigris, venis transversis nigro-nebulosis, 

 alulis albis. 

 Female. — Cinereous: head white; frontalia black; antennae 

 reaching the epistoma ; arista plumose ; thorax with four blackish 

 stripes ; abdomen tessellated ; wings greyish ; veins black ; a black 

 mark in the disk near the base and another on the costa ; prae- 

 brachial transverse vein clouded with black ; discal transverse vein 

 slightly clouded with black, forming a slight outward angle, parted 

 by much less than its length from the border, and by not less than 

 its length from the praebrachial transverse vein ; alulae white. 

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

 Mexico. 



Aricia procedens. 

 Fcem. — Cinerea, capite albo, palpis antennisque nigris, thorace 

 vittis quatuor indistinctis fuscescentibus, abdomine maculis 

 quatuor magnis obscure fuscis, pedibiis fulvis, alis cinereis, 

 venis transversis nigro-nebulosis, vena discali transversa 

 intus arcuata, alulis albido-cinereis. 

 Female — Cinereous : head white ; vertex cinereous ; proboscis, 

 palpi and antennae black ; third joint of the antennae long, reaching 

 the epistoma ; thorax with four indistinct brownish stripes ; ab- 

 domen with four large dark brown spots ; legs tawny ; tibiae and 

 fore' femora darker than the posterior femora ; wings grey ; veins 

 black ; transverse veins clouded with black ; discal transverse 

 vein curved inward, parted by much less than its length from the 

 border, and by about its length from the praebrachial transverse 

 vein; alulae whitish cinereous. 



Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 

 Mexico. 



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