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Fig. 59. — Lexis hifunctigera, S • 



222. Lexis bipunctigera. 



LWiosia hi'piincfigera, Wllgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 45 (1860) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 359. 

 Setina quadrinotata, Wlk. xxxi. 237 (1864). 



Orange - yelloAV ; palpi 

 black at tips ; end of femora 

 and the greater part of 



tibia3 and tarsi black. Fore 

 wing with obliquelj^ placed 

 black spots in end of cell 

 and in submedian fold. 

 Hind wing yellower. 

 In the male vein 6 of 

 fore wing is stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; 10 free. 



Hah. Be. E. Ajfkica, Maungu lukubwa (Betton), 1 $ ; Natal 

 (^Gueinzms), 1 d • Eccj). 30 millim. 



223. Lexis immacnlata. (Plate XXI. fig. 8.) 



Katha immaculata, Butl. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 671 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 329. 



Head orange-yellow ; thorax and abdomen fuscous ; tegulaB and 

 patagia orange in front ; extremity of abdomen orange. Fore wing- 

 fuscous gre}^ a short streak on base of inner margin and the co&tal 

 area orange. Hind wing pale orange-yellow. Underside of fore 

 wing suffused with fuscous, except marginal areas. 



Fore wing with vein 6 from or from below angle of cell. 



Hah. FoEMOSA {Hohson), 1 § type ; Chitsan I. {J. J. Wallcer), 

 1 (S ; Singapore {Ridley), 1 S ; Bali (DoJierty), 1 S , 12. Ew^). 

 22 millim. 



224. Lexis bicolor. 



Lithosia bicolor, Grote, Proe. Ent. Soc. Philad. iii. p. 74 (1864). 



Lithosia argiUacea, Pack. Pi-oc. Ent. Soc. Philad. iii. p. 98 (18<i4) ; Hayden's 



Eep. U.S. Survey, 1873, Moths, p. 559, f. 15 ; Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. 



N. Am. p. 170, pi. 7. f. 13; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 325. 



c5' . Fiiscou-S ; tegulae and anal tuft yellow. Fore wing with 

 yellow costal fascia attenuate to a point before apex. 



Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., 1 S , Grote Coll. ; Colorado, 5000 ft. 

 Exj). 30 millim. 



225. Lexis nitens. (Plate XXI. fig. 9.) 



Lithosia nitens, Wlk. xxxi. 231 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 334. 

 Lithosia reniota, Wlk. Char. Lep. Het. p. 9 (1869). 



Lithosia unicolor, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1071 (1890) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 326. 



J . Uniform orange-yellow ; palpi at sides and fore tibise and 

 tarsi tinged with fuscous. Fore wing with the underside sufi'used 

 with fuscous except marginal areas. 



Fore wing with vein 6 shortly stalked with 7, 8, 9. 



Hab. Queensland, Moreton Bay (Biggies), 1 (S tj'pe ; Brisbane. 

 Exj:). 26 millim. 



