1566 CATALOGUE OF 
Male. Dull fawn-colour, smaller than G. Libania. Head and 
thorax brownish. Abdomen and hind wings rather paler than the 
fore wings. Hemale— Wings almost cinereous. Length of the 
body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. . | 
a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 
b. Caffraria. From M. Becker’s collection. 
ce. Cape. From Mr. Dregeé’s collection. 
Genus 7. PHASSUS. 
Corpus sat gracile. Palpi obsoleti. Antenne graciles, fili- 
formes, simplices, capitis latitudine duplo longiores. Abdomen 
longissimum, subeylindricum, alas posticas longe superans. Pedes 
validi, pilosi. Ale longs, anguste; antice apud costam recta, 
apice vix acuminate, margine exteriore perobliquo. 
Epiolus, p., Boisd. ; Herr.-Scheff’. 
Phassus, Stephens, MSS. 
Body rather slender. Probuscis and palpi obsolete. Antenne 
slender, filiform, about twice longer than the breadth of the head. 
Abdomen very long, almost cylindrical, extending from more than 
one-third to three-fourths of its length beyond the hind wings. 
Legs rather stout; femora and tibie pilose. Wings long and 
narrow. Fore wings straight along the costa, hardly acuminated at 
the tips, extremely oblique along the exterior border; veinlet 
between the third inferior vein and the discal areolet upright ; fore 
veinlet of the two behind the third inferior vein slightly curved. 
Mexico. 
1. PHAssUS ARGENTIFERUS. 
Mas. Suscus; abdomen alas posticas dimidio superans; ale 
longe, mediocriter lute, antice albido suffuse, vitta angulata 
maculisque costalibus obscure fuscis, liturisque quinque 
argenteis. 
Phassus argentiferus, Stephens, MSS. 
Brown. Abdomen extending for half its length beyond the 
hind wings. Wings long, moderately broad. Fore wings with a 
whitish tinge, with a dark brown deeply angular stripe, and with 
some dark brown costal spots; two silvery marks by the costa, and 
three of various size and shape in the disk. Length of the body 24 
lines; of the wings 56 lines. | | 
a. Mexico. From Mr. Hartweg’s collection. © 
