NEAXESTIS.—PARAXESTIS, 641 
7090. Neaxestis piperita. (Plate CXCI. fig. 7.) 
Arcyophora piperita, Hmpsn. A, M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 585 (1905). 
@. Head ochreous; thorax ochreous suffused with brown; 
pectus, legs, and abdomen whitish. Fore wing ochreous thickly 
irrorated with brown, the terminal half tinged with rufous and the 
terminal area very minutely striated with brown; an indistinct 
antemedial line slightly excurved below costa, then oblique; an 
indistinct postmedial line excurved from below costa to vein 5, then 
slightly incurved ; faint traces of a subterminal line. Hind wing 
semihyaline white, the termen tinged with ochreous. 
Hab. N. Nieerta, Borgu, Yelwa Lake (Migeod), 1 9 type. 
Hep, 22 millim. 
Genus PARAXKSTIS. Type 
Paraxestis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 317 (1902) ............ rufescens. 
Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle 
of frons and slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large, 
round; antennz of male with long cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely with 
scales and without crests; tibiae moderately fringed with hair, the mid and 
hind tibize with slight tufts of hair at extremity; abdomen with slight crest at 
base only. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen evenly 
curved ; the inner margin with lobe at middle and slight scale-tooth at tornus ; 
vein 3 from before angle of call; 4, 5 from angle; 6 from upperangle; 7, 8, 9 
stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 fully 
developed from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the 
cell to near middle, 
7091. Paraxestis rufescens. 
Parazestis rufescens, Hmpsn. Aun. 8. Afr. Mus. il. p. 317 (1902), 
3. Head and thorax brownish ochreous tinged with pink ; 
pectus white; abdomen white dorsally tinged with ochreous. Fore 
wing brownish ochreous irrorated with a few dark scales, the costa 
slightly tinged with pink; antemedial line brown, excurved from 
Fig. 259.—Paraxestis rufescens, 3. }. 
costa to median nervure, then incurved; postmedial line brewn, 
oblique from costa to vein 5, then inwardly oblique, below vein 2 
incurved and giving off a curved line to inner margin near 
tornus. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and termen tinged 
with ochreous. 
Hab. Natat, Durban (Bowker), 1 ¢ type. Hvp. 26 millim. 
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