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^ - 2. PeNTHIMIA VICARIA. 



Nigra, vel ferruginea ; alee anticcB maculate. 



Black, shining : head and chest convex, minutely striated : 

 scutcheon with a reddish feiTuginous dot on each side and one at 

 the tip: fore-wings covered with ferruginous dots; their tips and 

 the hind-wings gray. Length of the body 2 — 2^ lines ; of the wings 

 4—5 lines. 



Y Var. ^. Ferruginous: legs black: fore-wings pitchy, with lurid 

 marks ; tips lurid: hind-wings almost colourless. 



!/C->^ Var. y like var. /3 : legs and fore-wings ferruginous ; the latter 

 mottled w^th brown. 



a — c. St. John's Bluflf, E. Florida. Presented by E. Douhleday 

 Esq. 



^ 3. Penthimia ORIENTALIS. 



Atra ; abdomen apice pedesque anteriores nonnunquam rufo varia ; 

 alee posticce ftisca. 



Deep black, oval : head and chest convex, thinly punctured : 

 hind border of the breast red : fore-wings thickly punctured ; their 

 tips and the hind-wings brown. Length of the body 3| lines ; of 

 the wings 7 lines. 



n/ ^ Var. /3. Abdomen red on each side towards the tip: anterior 

 shanks and feet mostly red. 



a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 

 6,c. ? 



^^. Penthimia FULvrvTENTRis. ^'V 



Picea, sat longa ; abdomen snbtus fulvum ; tarsi postici fulvi ; 

 alee anticce apice fusca limpido fasciatcB. 



Pitchy, rather long, almost elliptical : head and chest convex, 

 thickly and minutely punctured, with an indistinct longitudinal 

 ridge : chest slightly impressed on each side : hind border of the 

 breast tawny : abdomen beneath tawny, with a pitchy tip : hind-feet 



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