298 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus PHISSAMA. 



Phissaraa, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. ii. 362— Amphissa, Cat. 

 Lep. Het. iii. 684. 



Phissama vacillans. 

 Amphissa vacillans, Cat. Lep. Het. iii. 685. 



Phissama transiens. 

 Spilosoma transiens, Cat. Lep. Het. iii. 675. 



Genus ANTHECJA. 



Antheua scita. 



Mas. Obscure cinerea ; caput ochraceum ; palpi caput vix 

 superantes, subtus ochracei ; thorax tegulis spatioque postico 

 ochraceo marginatis ; abdomen ochraceum, niyro fasciatum ; 

 pedes nigri ; alee venis fimbriaque ochraceis. 



Male. Dark cinereous. Head deep ochraceous. Proboscis 

 tawny. Palpi black, porrect, hardly extending beyond the head, 

 ochraceous beneath. Antennae black, moderately pectinated, rather 

 short. Teguhe and hind part of the thorax bordered with ochraceous. 

 Pectus and abdomen ochraceous ; the latter with black bands, which 

 are successively more abbreviated from the base to the tip. Legs 

 black. Wings with ochraceous veins, which are most distinctly 

 marked in the fore wings ; fringe ochraceous. Length of the body 

 10 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 



«, b. Natal. From M. Gueinzius collection. 



Antheua spukcata. 



Mas. Flavescente-albida ; caput et thorax anticus flava; caput 

 nigro bistrigatum ; palpi supra nigri ; abdomen nigro-fuscum, 

 basi apiceque albidum, segmentis ferrugineo marginatis ; tibiae 

 anticce femoraque supra nigricantia ; femora late fimbriata ; 

 alee anticce striga diffusa flava. 



Male. Whitish, with a slight tinge of yellow. Head and fore 

 part of the thorax yellow. Head with a small black streak on each 

 side of the front. Palpi black above, not extending beyond the 

 head. Antennae slightly pectinated ; the branches decreasing from 

 the base to two-thirds of the length. Abdomen blackish brown, 



