14 SUPPLEMENT. 



Fore wings broad, extending a little beyond the abdomen; subcostal 

 transverse veins long, regular. Length of the body 8 lines ; expansion of 

 the fore wings 16 lines. 



Distinguished from other species of the genus by the more prominent 

 eyes, 

 o. Vavou, Pacific Ocean. Presented by J. Brenchley, Esq. 



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NlSITRA MACULOSA. 



Mas. Fulva; caput parvum; antenna picea, corpore longiores ; pro- 

 thorax fascia discali abbreviata incisa maculisque duabus testaceis ; 

 cerci abdomine vix breviores ; pedes longi y graciles, fusco fasciati, 

 tibiis posticis trispinosis ; ala antica cinerea, fusco nebulosa, abdo- 

 men superanles ; ala> poslica multo longiores. 



Male. Tawny. Head small, paler in front. Eyes piceous, oval, 

 slightly prominent. Antennae piceous, slender, longer than the body. 

 Prothorax narrower in front above, wider in front on the sides, with an 

 irregular notched abbreviated testaceous band in the disk and with two 

 testaceous spots on each side. Cerci nearly as long as the abdomen. 

 Legs long, slender; femora and tibiae with irregular brown bands ; hind 

 tibiae as long as the hind femora, with three long spines. Wings cinereous. 

 Fore wings partly clouded with brown, extending rather beyond the abdo- 

 men. Hind wings longer than the fore wings. Length of the body 

 9 lines. 



a, Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



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CECANTHUS NIVECS. 



a—/. Massachusetts. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



CECANTHUS FILIGER. 



Fcem. Pallide stramineus, gracillimus ; caput antice]productum ; antenna* 

 corpore multo longiores ; oviductus abdomine valde longior ; cerci 

 oviductu multo breviores; femora postica corpore breviora; tibia' 

 postica spinulosa ; al& antica diaphance, corpore longiores; alee 

 postica longissima. 



Female. Pale straw-colour, linear, very slender. Head elongated in 

 front. Antennae very slender, much longer than the body. Oviduct much 

 longer than the abdomen. Cerci much shorter than the oviduct. Hind 

 femora shorter than the body ; hind tibiae as long as the hind femora, with 

 a row of very minute spines and with a few longer spines towards the tips. 

 Wings pellucid. Fore wings longer than the body. Hind wings much 

 longer than the fore wings. Length of the body 5 lines ; expansion of the 

 fore wings 12 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



