1^18 CATALOGUE OF 



Female ^Eneons fawn-colour, very thickly hoary-speckled. 

 Body beneath and legs silvery white. Palpi slender/ squamous, 

 obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex; third 

 joint elongate-conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Abdomen ©neons-cinereous, extending a little bevond the hind 

 wings. I* ore wings rounded at the lips; exterior border sliirhlly 

 convex and oblique. Hind wings ameous-cinereous, semibyaline. 

 Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings II| lines. 

 a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Nkphopteryx confc SELLA. 

 Mas. Pallide cinerea ; palpi yracilcs, urcuati, oblique ascendenles 

 articulo 3o LtnceolatO', antenna* robwto, pubescentes; ala\ 

 antic* macula cos tali antemedia nigra, Unci* duabus 'fuscis 

 subarcuutis ; postica <tneo~cintre*\ 

 Male. Pale cinereous. Palpi smooth, slender, curved, obliquely 

 ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate 

 much shorter than the second. Antennae stout, pubescent Abdo' 

 men extending a little beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small 

 fore wings thinly and minutely black-speckled, rounded at the tips' 

 a black costal spot near the base; two I. .own slightly curved lines' 

 one beyond the middle, the other nearer the exterior border, which 

 is slightly convex and oblique. Bind vingi aqueous-cinereous. 

 -Length oi the body 4 lines; of the wings U lines. 

 a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Nephopteryx vaiuella. 

 Fcem. Cam; ala ntbtm$fuMce$cente-cin*rem; anticm striga ante- 

 media obhqua punclisque marginalibu* nigris, fascia i 

 media cinerea latiuima nigra marginal* ttrigam nigram 

 undulatam cana marginatam ineludenU ; posticce aneo- 



c me re a. 



t Female. Hoary, minutely black-speckled. Wings brownish 

 cinereous beneath. Fore wings with a black irregular oblique streak 

 near the base ; a very broad cinereous postmedial baud, bounded bv 

 two zigzag black hues, the inner line incompletely double ; a trans- 

 verse undulating black streak in the band, bordered with hoarv on 

 the outer side; marginal points black. Hind wings aeneous-cine- 

 reous; triuge pale cinereous, interlined with pale brown. Length 

 oi the body 5 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



«. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



