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small dark spots. Legs brown, fore femora and 

 tibiae more or less spotted. Hind legs, femora 

 and tibiae with an apical white spot, last three 

 tarsi white, and apex of next (Fig. 53). The first 

 tarsal segment of the fore leg has an indistinct 

 median band. Palpi black, with white rings and 

 white apical joint, closely related to A. fuliginosus, 

 but easily distinguished. Length, 3 to 3'5 mm. 

 Cp. A. maciilipalpis, length, 5'5 mm. 



8. N. pretoriensts. — Clypeal hairs of larva 

 simple. Palps not mottled, otherwise like N. 

 ■maciiUpalpts. The two white apical bands are 

 further apart. Second hind tarsus has a small 

 black patch near its base. Metatarsus, mottled 

 with white and black, and has a broad white 

 apical band like the first tarsal. The last two 

 hind tarsi only white. 



9. N. deceptor (Donitz). Sumatra. Deceptor 

 because very like M. punctulata or leucosphyra. 

 Terminal half of proboscis white. Terminal half 

 of palpi white, with a narrow black ring at the 

 commencement of the third and fourth joint. The 

 ring around the light end of the second joint, 

 possessed by M. punctulatus, is wanting. Legs 

 similarly marked as in leucophyrus, excepting the 

 hind legs, which have only a small light spot at 

 the end of the tibia, and not a broad white band. 



ID. N. willmori (James). Punjab, Kashmir. 

 Wings, four large and three small black areas. 

 Palpi, three white bands, the two terminal ones 

 are equal and broad, the third narrow and basal. 

 Legs, dark brown, thickly speckled with white 

 spots. The last tarsal segment of hind leg pure 

 white. 



II. N. annulipes. Femora and tibiae banded. 



