192 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 25. ZONILIA. 



Corpus robustum, fusiforme. Caput magnum, prominens, co- 

 nicuin. Proboscis longiuscula. Antennae setaceae, tborace non 

 breviores. Abdomen thorace non duplo longius. Pedes longi, gra- 

 ciles ; tibiae posticse calearibus quatuor longiusculis. Ala3 sat 

 longae,mediocriter latae ; anticae subacutninatae, apud eostam rectae, 

 margine exteriore mediocriter obliquo vix convexo ; posticae apice 

 rotundatae, margine exteriore apud angulum interiorem vix emargi- 

 nato. Mas. — Antennae serratae. Fcem.— Antennae breviores, sim- 

 plices. 



Zonilia, Boisd. MSS. 



Nepbele, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett, 133. 



Body stout, fusiform. Head large, prominent, conical. Pro- 

 boscis rather long. Antennas setaceous, full as long as tbe thorax. 

 Abdomen ratber less than twice the length of the abdomen. Legs 

 long and slender ; bind tibiae with four rather long spurs. Wings 

 moderately long and broad. Fore wings slightly or hardly acumi- 

 nated, straight along the costa ; exterior border entire, moderately 

 oblique, hardly convex. Hind wings somewhat rounded at tbe tips ; 

 exterior border very slightly emarginate towards the interior angle. 

 Male. — Antennae serrated. Female. — Antennae simple, a little 

 shorter than those of the male. 



Africa. 



1. Zonilia viridescens. 



Olivaceo-viridis aut viridi-cervina ; caput subtus album ; an- 

 tenna: apices versus albidce ; abdominis lalera maculis trans- 

 versis alternis nigricantibus albidisque ; alee anticce fasciis 

 undulalis obliquis fuscis, nonnunquam apices versus fuscce 

 striga arcuata discali argentea ; posticce apud marginem exte- 

 riorem fuscce. 



Dull olive-green. Head white beneath. Antennae whitish 

 towards the tips. Sides of the abdomen with alternate paler or 

 whitish and blackish large transverse spots. Fore wings with some 

 undulating oblique brown bands. Hind wings brown along the ex- 

 terior border. Length of the body 16 — 18 lines; of the wings 

 30—34 lines. 



Var. fi. Fore wings brown, except the basal half. 



