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lanceolate, slightly fringed, extending rather beyond the 

 head ; third joint conical, minute. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the liind wings. Fore wings with blackish 

 speckles, with four blackish patches, and with black marginal 

 points ; first patch antemedial, near the interior border ; 

 second at the end of the areolet; third costal, subapical ; 

 fourth on the exterior border. Hind wings with a brown 

 spot on the disk and a broad brown border. Wings beneath 

 without markings. Length of the body 4j lines; expansion 

 of the wings 10 lines. Hor Tamanib. 



Fam. EuRHiPiDiE. — Gen. Penicillaria, Guen. 



24. Penicillaria petrijicata. Male. — Cinereous, stout, 

 partly tinged with fawn-colour, pale cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi stout, ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; 

 second joint with a short thick fringe beneath ; third sub- 

 clavate, much shorter than second, which has two blackish 

 marks on the outer side. Antennae setose, slightly dentate. 

 Fore wings with two black, oblique, bent, slightly undulating 

 lines, of which the outer one diverges slightly from the inner 

 one towards the interior border ; a few less determinate 

 oblique black lines nearer the base ; an undulating submar- 

 ginal line and a row of submarginal black dots which are 

 bordered with white ; reniform mark large, white, including 

 two black dots ; exterior border slightly festooned, very 

 oblique. Hind wings whitish, slightly hyaline, broadly and 

 diffusedly bordered with aeneous. Length of the body 

 6 lines; expansion of the fore wings 15 lines. Hor Ta- 

 manib. Akeek Island. 



Fam. Plusid^. — Gen. Plusia, Ochs. 



25. Plusia aurifera. Noctua aurifera, Hubn, Eur, Schm. 

 Noct. pi. 98, f. 463. Harkeko. Inhabits S. Europe, W. 

 Africa, Madagascar and Java. 



Fam. HYPOGRAMMiDiE.— Gen. Briarda, Walk. 



26. Briarda? siibapicalis. Male. — Whitish, rather slender. 

 Palpi obliquely ascending, extending somewhat beyond the 

 head, with a short thick fringe ; second joint speckled with 

 black on the outer side ; third linear, rounded at the tip, 

 about one-third of the length of the second, with which it 

 forms a slight angle. Antennae stout, minutely pubescent. 



