132 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Abdomen lanceolate, extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft slightly compressed. Legs slender ; 

 femora fringed ; tarsi with blackish bands. Fore wings with 

 black speckles, and with an angular interrupted black streak 

 which extends from the base and joins the interior border at 

 about one-third of the length of the latter ; two black costal 

 dots near the base, and a black subapical patch. Hind 

 wings white, with a broad brown border. Wings beneath 

 without markings. Length of the body 8 lines ; expansion 

 of the fore wings 20 lines. The palpi are shorter than those 

 of the typical species of this genus. Wady Ferran. 



Fam. Ophiusid^. — Gen. Sphingomorpha, Guen. 



27. Sphingomorpha chlorea. Phalaena chlorea, Cram, 

 Pap. Exot. ii. 12, pi. 104, f. C. Hor Tamanib. Harkeko. 

 Tajura. Inhabits W. Africa, S. Africa, Hindostan and 

 Ceylon. 



Gen. AcHiEA, Huhn, 



28. Achcea Melicerte, Drury Ins. i. 46, pi. 23, f. 1. Hor 

 Tamanib. Akeek Island. Rafla. Inhabits Hindostan and 

 Australia. 



Gen. Grammodes, Guen. 



29. Grayrimodes stolida. Noctua stolida, Fahr. Ent. Syst, 

 iii. 2, 41. Hor Tamanib. Akeek Island. Inhabits Europe, 

 S. Africa, and Hindostan. 



30. Grammodes? latifera. Female. — Whitish, white be- 

 neath. Proboscis short. Antennae minutely pubescent. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 slender ; hind femora with a short fringe. Wings broad, 

 with two irregular broad fawn-coloured bands, and with the 

 space between the second band and the exterior border 

 pale fawn-coloured ; first band antemedial, narrowly bordered 

 with black on the outer side, where it is slightly undulating ; 

 second deeply notched in the middle of the outer side, where 

 it is bordered with black and exteriorly with whitish ; mar- 

 ginal festoon brown. Fore wings with a fawn-coloured costal 

 subapical patch, which is whitish-bordered on the outer side, 

 and with a black apical spot. Hind wings with a whitish 

 marginal spot on the outer side of the second band. Length 

 of the body b\ lines ; expansion of the fore wings 15 lines. 

 Convent Garden, Mount Sinai. 



