84 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



versed by a nervure proceeding from its extremity ; from the 

 outer nervures one or two short branches are thrown off to 

 the costa and anal angle. 



It is useless to mention further characters in the case of 

 such an imperfectly-known group ; besides, the type of Thy- 

 mara is T. zaida^ Doubleday, a rare insect said to come from 

 Assam, whereas I have figured an African species which 

 may not be strictly congeneric. T. zaida measures less than 

 an inch across the wings ; the fore-wings are yellowish-grey, 

 with black borders, and the hind-wings are yellow, with the 

 tail black, and a large round black spot at the tip, and another 

 at the anal angle. 



THYMARA PAPILIONARIA. 

 (Plate LXX IX. Fig. i.) 



Thymara papilionaria^ Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. 



xxxi. p. 277 (1864); Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890, 



P- 334- 



Walker described both sexes of this insect, and Mr. Elwes 

 states that the types are now in the museum of Highgate 

 School, but I have not been able to ascertain if they are still 

 in existence, or can be identified. Our figure is taken from a 

 much-injured specimen in the British Museum, and under 

 these circumstances I think it better to reproduce Walker's 

 original description in full. 



" Mas et foem. Ochracea, pilosissima ; alse dimidio apicali 

 nigro maculam ochraceam includente. Mas. Antennae pec- 

 tinatae; alse posticae cauda longa. Foem. Antennae pilosae, 

 alae posticae cauda longissima. 



" Male and Female. Ochraceous, very pilose. Proboscis and 

 palpi obsolete. Antennae rather broadly pectinated in the 

 male, pilose in the female. Abdomen of the female thick. 

 Tibiae without spurs ; tarsi with black tips. Apical half of the 



