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the length of the second. Antennae slightly pectinated. Abdomen 

 fusiform, extending very little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 very small. Legs rather long, moderately stout, slightly pilose ; 

 hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings hardly 

 acute; costa slightly convex; exterior border convex, rather 

 oblique. 



BOKECONIA SUBVIRIDIS. 



Mas. Viridis, nigro conspersa ; alee anticce lineis duabus 

 nigricantibus angulosis undulatis albido marginatis, linea 

 exteriore albido, angulosa, linea submarginali e iunulis nigri- 

 cantibus albido marginatis, reniformi angusta nigricante 

 albidoque marginata ; posticce cinereo-virides, gutta discali 

 margineque exteriore fuscescentibus. 



Male. Dull green, black-speckled, cinereous beneath. Ab- 

 domen cinereous-green. Fore wings with two blackish zigzag 

 undulating whitish-bordered lines ; an exterior zigzag whitish line, 

 and a submarginal line of blackish slightly whitish-bordered 

 lunules ; reniform mark narrow, directly transverse, bordered with 

 blackish, which hue is slightly bordered with whitish. Hind wings 

 cinereous-green, cinereous towards the base; discal dot and ex- 

 terior line brownish, most distinct on the under side. Length of the 

 body 9 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. South Africa. From Mr. Triinen's collection. 



Genus CASCERA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi squamosi, 

 crassi, suberecti, verticem non superantes ; articulus 3us conicus, 

 parvus. Antennae subpectinata?, apices versus pubescentes. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas superans; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes 

 valicli, breviusculi, dense pilosi ; calcaria parva. Alae anticae latae, 

 vix acutae, margine exteriore convexo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 squamous, very stout, nearly vertical, not rising higher than the 

 head ; third joint conical, less than one-fourth of the length of 

 the second. Antennae slightly pectinated for more than half the 

 length from the base, pubescent from thence to the tips. Abdomen 

 extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small. Legs 

 stout, rather short ; femora and tibiae densely pilose ; spurs short. 



