SOZUSA. MACEOSIA. 



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Head orange ; thorax bluish leadeii-grcy, with orange patch on 

 metathorax ; pectus and legs orange, fore and mid legs streaked 

 with fuscous ; abdomen orange, greyish towards base. Fore wing 

 pale fuscous grey, with a bluish tinge towards base ; a short fascia 



Fig. 75. — So^iisa scutellata, cJ. }. 



on base of inner margin and a costal fascia orange ; cilia orange. 

 Hind wing pale orange-yellow. 



Bab. Natal, Estcourt (//?(^r7a'nsoH), 1 d, 2 $ ; Cape Colont, 

 Transkei (3Iiss F. Barrett), 2 J . Exp. 32-36 millim. Type t in 

 Mus. Stockholm. 



Genus MACROSIA, nov. 



Type, M.fumeola. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, not reaching as far as frons ; antennae 

 of male with bristles and cilia ; tibias with the spurs moderate ; abdomen 

 clothed with rough hair. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded ; vein 

 2 from middle of cell, curved at base; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 absent; 9 from 10, 

 anastomosing with 8 to form the areola ; 6 and 7 from areole ; 1 1 free. Hind 

 wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 

 6talked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



251. Macrosia fumeola. 



Lithosia fumeola, Wlk. ii. 508 (1854) ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 327. 



J . Head orange-yellow ; thorax grey, the tegulse in front, 

 shoulders, and a patch on metathorax orange; pectus and legs 

 orange, the tibiae slightly striped with fuscous ; abdomen orange- 



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Fig. 76. — Macrosia fumeola, ^J. \. 



yellow. Fore wing brownish yellow, slightly suffused with grey 

 towards base and on inner area ; the edges of costa and inner 

 margin orange ; the costa black near base. Hind wing yellow. 



$ . Fore wing grey, with the costal and inner margins narrowly 

 yellow. 



Ilah. Geeman E. Africa, Dar-es-salaam ; Cape Colony, type $ , 

 Knysna 2 § {Trimen), Annshaw (Miss Barrett), 1 S . Exp. 

 42 millim. 



vol. II. 



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