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flavescente marginatis, alls subcinereis ; alis anticis apud apices sub- 

 fuscesccntibus, venis flavescentibus nigro punctatis. 



Male. Tawny, slender. Head sligbtly ascending, with slightly promi- 

 nent yellowish borders; vertex brown, rather longer than broad, yellow- 

 ish near the prothorax, with three keels ; the lateral keels converging 

 and united to the middle one near the front; front elongate elliptical, 

 with a blackish dot on each side, and with one keel, which is forked 

 near the vertex; face and pectus blackish, the former with one 

 keel. Prothorax yellowish. Mesothorax with five keels and with 

 six blackish stripes. Abdomen above black ; hind borders of the 

 segments yellowish. Wings slightly cinereous. Fore wings with 

 five transverse veins beyond the middle, and with five more near the 

 apical border, where they are slightly brownish ; veins yellowish, with 

 black points ; stigma yellowish, bordered with black on its hind side. 

 Length of the body 2 lines, of the wings 7 lines. 



Hab. Flores. 



86. Brixia parviceps. Mas. Pallide flavescens, capite nigro-bima- 

 culato, antennis luteis, thorace fusco lateribus anticis pallide flave- 

 scentibus, abdomine supra fusco, alis fuscescentibus semihyahnis, alis 

 anticis striga costali nigricante venis rufis, alis postinis venis nigri- 

 cantibus. 



Male. Pale yellowish, rather slender. Head very nsjrrow, with pro- 

 minent borders and with a black spot on each side of the vertex ; 

 sides of the vertex converging towards the front, which is extremely 

 narrow and is much rounded; its sides diverge towards the face, 

 which is long and lanceolate. Antennae luteous. Thorax brown, pale 

 yellowish on each side in front. Mesothorax with three slight keels. 

 Abdomen brown above. Wings brownish, semihyaline. Fore wings 

 with a blackish costal streak, which extends along rather more than 

 half the length from the base ; veins red ; a few longitudinal veins, and 

 two lines of transverse veins ; first line irregular, incomplete ; second 

 submarginal ; six costal veins towards the tip, and six marginal veins. 

 Hind wings with blackish veins. Length of the body 2 lines, of 

 the wings 6 lines. 



Hab. Mysol. 



87. Brixia pictipennis. Mas. PalHde flava, capite antico lateribus 

 rufis, pectore lituris duabus rufescentibus ; ventre ochraceo basi, apice 

 nigro; alis anticis cinereo-hyalinis, basi pallide flavis nigro variis, alis 

 posticis nigro-cinereis. 



Male. Pale yellow, slender. Head much compressed, with prominent 

 red borders, which form two edges in front ; face lanceolate, with one 

 keel. Mesothorax not keeled. Pectus with a reddish mork on each 

 side. Abdomen beneath ochraceous, piceous at the base, black to- 

 wards the tip. Wings long, very narrow. Fore wings hyaline and 



