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CATALOGUE OF 



submarginal blackish line; marginal points blackish, transversely 

 elongated. Hind wings aeneous-cinereous; fringe interlined with 

 brown. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 

 a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



Genus PARDASENA . 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi laeves, 

 erecti, verticem longe superantes ; urticatus 3us lanceolatus, 2o uou 

 brevior. Antennas gracile^. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. 

 Pedes glabri, validi ; calcaria longissima, sat gracilia. Alse lata?, 

 breviusculae; anticae apice rectangulatae, costa basi subrotundatse, 

 margine exteriore subobliquo vix convexo. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis of the usual lengtb. Palpi 

 smooth, erect, hardly stout, rising much higher than tbe vertex; 

 third joint lanceolate, as long as the second. Antennas slender. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond tbe hind wings. Legs stout, 

 smooth ; spurs rather slender, very long. Wingfl ' road, rather short. 

 Fore wings rectangular at the tips; costa slightly convex at the 

 base; exterior border hardly rounded, very slightly oblique. 



Pardasena acuonyctella. 

 Fcem. ^ Cana,nigro conspersa ; palpi albi, articulo 3o eano ; thorax 

 nigricante fasciatus ; abdomen aneo-cinereum ; alee anticct 

 lineis quatuor angulosi* punctisque marginal ibus nigricanti- 

 bus ; posticce albidue, fusco late marginatce. 



Female. Hoary, minutely black-speckled. Bodv beneath and 

 legs silvery white. Palpi while ; third joint hoary. Thorax with a 

 narrow blackish band on the fore legulae. Abdomen aeneous- 

 cinereous. Fore wings with four blackish irregular aigtag lines ; 

 first line very near the base ; fourth submarginal ; marginal points 

 blackish. Hind wings whitish, with h broad brown marginal band. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 

 a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Pardasena minorella. 

 Fcem. Cana ; corpus subtus, abdomen, pedes et ala posticce alba ; 

 palpi graciles, verticem non superantes, articulo So lineari 2a 

 non breviore ,- alee antiece apice subrotundatcz, lineis tribus 

 angulosis lineaque submarginali punctuUri fmeu t plaga 

 costali fasciaque marginali fuscescentibus, punctis marginal i- 

 bus nigris. 



