CANNA. 91 



TARACHE DISPAR. 

 (Plate C XX VI II., Fig. I.) 



Acontia dispar, Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 790, 

 no. 21 (1857). 



This species is a native of South Africa. 



"Male. White. Head brown; palpi obliquely ascending; 

 third joint black, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Abdomen luteous. Fore-wings brown, with a glaucous 

 tinge, and varied with dark brown ; some indistinct and in- 

 complete whitish undulating bands, and a large white costal 

 patch, which is beyond the middle, and contains a brown 

 costal spot and a black mark, the latter indicating the reniform 

 spot ; marginal lunules black. Hind-wings luteous ; discal 

 spot, discal band, and border brown. Length of the body five 

 lines ; of the wings twelve lines." ( Walker.} 



GENUS CANNA. 



Canna, Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xxxiii. p. 790 (1865). 

 The antennae are simple, and the palpi are stout, pilose, and 

 ascending, with the third joint very short; the proboscis is 

 well developed. The abdomen is tapering, much more slender 

 than the thorax, and not extending beyond the hind -wings ; it 

 has a small tuft at the extremity. The legs are stout and 

 hairy, with strong spurs, and the tarsi spiny beneath. The 

 wings are broad and entire, and the fore-wings are rectangular 

 at the apex. 



CANNA MALACHITES. 



(Pla'e CXXVIIL, Fig. 3.) 



Telesilla malachites, Oberthiir, Etudes d'Ent. v. p. 80, pi. 3, 



fig. 9 (1880). 



Canna splendens, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 412 ; 

 Butler, 111. Lepid. Heter. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 59, pi. 128, 

 fig. 4 (1889). 



