242 CATALOGUE OF 



ClSTHENE VARIEGATA. 



Mas. Nigricans ; caput albidum, antice nigrum; palpi rufescenies, 

 brevissimi, arliculo So nigro acuto ; antenna nigra , fascia 

 apices versus latissima albida ; thorax vittis duabus albidis, 

 antice ochraceus ; abdomen supra rufescens, fasciis subtus 

 albidis ; a\ a antic a lineis quatuor basalibus decemque post- 

 mediis albidis, fascia media albida fusco marginata maculam 

 roseam includente ; posticce rosea, apices versus nigra. 



Male. Blackish. Head whitish, black in front. Proboscis tawny. 

 Palpi reddish, smooth, very short; third joint black, conical, acute. 

 Antennae black, stout, very minutely setulose, with a very broad 

 whitish band towards the tips. Thorax with two whitish stripes ; 

 fore border ochraceous. Pectus whitish. Abdomen reddish above ; 

 under side blackish, with whitish bands ; apical tuft pale testaceous, 

 very lar^e. Legs black, short, stout ; middle tarsi beneath and hind 

 tarsi whitish. Fore wings with four whitish lines, which extend 

 from the base to a whitish band, which is much beyond the middle 

 and is bordered with brown on each side, and includes a bright rosy 

 spot; ten exterior whitish lines, of which the first and second are 

 inclined to thecosta; the third, fourth and sixth are short, and the fifth 

 is interrupted. Hind wings rosy red, black towards the tips. Length 

 of the body 4-J- lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus CROCOTA. 

 Crocota apella. 

 apella, Grote, Proc. EnU Soc. Philad. 1863, i. 345 ; ii. pi. 2, f. 1. 

 Philadelphia. 



Crocota quixaria. 

 quinaria, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 1863, ii. 30, pi. 2, f. 2. 

 West Canada. 



Crocota unicolor. 

 unicolor, Hpf. Peters, Reise Moz. Ins. 427, pi. 28, f. 1. 

 Mozambique. 

 a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Genus BLAVIA. 

 Blavia, Wlk. Journ. Lin. Soc. vi. 108. 



