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Antennae stout, very minutely pectinated, hardly thicker at the tips, 

 much longer than the thorax. Abdomen nearly cylindrical, much 

 longer than the thorax, with a slight tuft at the tip. Legs stout ; 

 hind tibiae somewhat pilose. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings 

 with the second inferior vein further from the first than from the 

 third, which is almost contiguous to the fourth ; second superior 

 vein forked at much before hall' its length. 



1. Alonina Rygchiiformis. 



Fcem. Ferruginea ; palpi fulvi; antennae rufescentes ; fasciculus 

 apicalis ex parte fulvus ; pedes rufescentes, coxis femoribus- 

 que nigris, tibiis posticis nigris striga basali rufescente ; alee 

 hyalino luridce, anticce apud costam rufescentes, apice purpu- 

 rascenies, fascia purpurascente rufo extus marginaia. 



Female, Ferruginous. Palpi tawny. Antennae reddish. 

 Apical tuft partly tawny. Legs reddish ; coxae and femora black ; 

 hind tibiae black, with a reddish streak near the base ; spurs white. 

 Wings hyaline, lurid. Fore wings reddish along the costa, purplish 

 at the tips ; discal band slender, purplish, with a reddish outer bor- 

 der. Length of the body 1\ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Genus 7. SANNINA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis vix conspicua. Palpi 

 graciles, arcuati, acuminati, subnudi, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 

 3us gracillimus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae filiformes, sim- 

 plices, sat graciles, apice acuminatae, thorace vix duplo longiores. 

 Abdomen thorace duplo longius. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae 

 longae, valid©, pilosae ; metatarsi postici pilosi. Alae angustae, 

 opacae ; posticae basi limpidae. Fcem. P — Palpi paullo crassiores ; 

 articulus 3us brevior. Abdomen thorace triplo longius. Tibiae 

 posticae graciliores et multo breviores ; metatarsus posticus gracilis, 

 non pilosus. Alae posticae limpidse, basi opacae. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis almost obsolete. Palpi 

 slender, curved, acuminated, obliquely ascending, almost bare ; 

 third joint very slender, just half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae filiform, simple, rather slender, acuminated at the tips, nearly 

 twice the length of the thorax. Abdomen about twice the length of 

 the thorax. Legs slender ; hind tibiae long and stout, somewhat, 

 pilose, as is also the hind metatarsus. Wings narrow, opaque, squa- 

 meous. Hind wings limpid at the base. Female P— Palpi a little 



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