NEAXESTIS. PAEAXESTIS, 641 



7090. Neaxestis piperita. CPlate CXCI. fig. 7.) 



Arcyophora x>i;perita, Hmpsii. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 585 (1905). 



2 . Head ochreons ; thorax ochreous suffused with, browa ; 

 pectus, legs, and abdomen whitish. Fore wing ochreous thickly 

 irrorated with brown, the terminal half tinged with rufous and the 

 terminal area very minutely striated with brown ; an indistinct 

 antemedial line slightly excurved below costa, then oblique ; an 

 indistinct postmedial line excurved from below costa to vein 5, then 

 slightly incurved ; faint traces of a subterminal line. Hind wing 

 semihyaline white, the termen tinged with ochreous. 



Hah. N. Nigeria, Borgu, Yelwa Lake {Migeod), 1 J type. 

 Exp. 22 millim. 



Genus PAEAXESTIS, 



Type. 

 Faraxestis, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 317 (1902) rufescens. 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2ad joint reaching to middle 

 of frons and slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes large, 

 round ; antennje of male with long cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with 

 scales and without crests; tibia; moderately fringed with hair, the mid and 

 hind tibite with slight tufts of hair at extremity; abdomen with slight crest at 

 base only. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen evenly 

 curved ; the inner margin with lobe at middle and slight scale-tooth at tornus ; 

 vein 3 from before ar/gl© of call ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 

 stalised ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 fully 

 developed from angle of cell ; 6, 7 from ujjper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the 

 cell to near middle. 



7091. Paraxestis rufescens. 



Paraxestis rufescens, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 317 (1902). 



cj . Head and thorax brownish ochreous tinged with pink ; 

 pectus white ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with ochreous. Fore 

 wing brownish ochreous irrorated with a few dark scales, the costa 

 slightly tinged with pink ; antemedial line bi'own, excurved from 



Fig. 259. — Paraxestis rufescens, c?. 



costa to median nervure, then incurved ; postmedial line brown, 

 oblique from costa to vein 5, then inwardly oblique, below vein 2 

 incurved and giving off a curved line to inner margin near 

 tornus. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and termen tinged 

 with ochreous. 



Hab. Naial, Durban (Boivker), 1 S type. Exp. 26 millim. 



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