464 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus BRAURA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum, pilosissimuta. Frons fasciculata. 

 Proboscis nulla. Palpi porrecti, robusti, hirsuti, caput paullo 

 superantes ; articulus 3us longi-conicus. Antenna? robustae, serratae, 

 breviusculae. Abdomen dense lanuginosum, alas posticas longe 

 superans. Pedes breves, sat validi, femoribus tibiisque latissime et 

 densissime firabriatis. Alae longee, margine exteriore subdentato ; 

 anticae acutae. 



Male. Body very stout and pilose. Head with a prominent 

 frontal tuft. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, stout, hirsute, ex- 

 tending a little beyond the head ; third joint elongate-conical. 

 Antennae stout, serrated, rather short. Abdomen densely lanuginous, 

 extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs short, rather stout ; 

 femora and tibiae very broadly and thickly fringed. Wings long ; 

 exterior border slightly festooned. Fore wings acute ; exterior 

 border very oblique. 



Braura ligniclusa. 



Mas. Rufescente-fusca ; thorax vitta strigisque duabus obliquis 

 nigris, antice cervinus ; abdomen rufescens, subtus nigricans ; 

 alee anticce postice subcinerece, vitta subcostali lata cervina 

 postice incisa apice tridentata, linea exteriore angulata, linea 

 submarginali angulosa lineaque marginali cinereis nigro mar- 

 ginatis ; postica rufescente-cinerea^ margine obscuriore. 



Male. Reddish brown. Thorax with a black stripe and with 

 two oblique black streaks, pale fawn-colour in front. Abdomen 

 reddish. Pectus, abdomen beneath and legs blackish. Fore wings 

 tinged with cinereous on the hinder part ; a broad fawn-coloured 

 subcostal stripe, which extends from the base to two-thirds of the 

 length, has a very long and acute notch on its hind side, and is 

 tridentale at its tip ; a cinereous black-bordered line near and 

 parallel to the outline of the stripe; a zigzag submarginal line of 

 the same hue; marginal line cinereous, bordered with black on both 

 sides ; fringe fawn-colour, ferruginous at the base. Hind wings 

 reddish cinereous, cinereous-brown along the^exterior border. Length 

 of the body 18 lines ; of the wings 42 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



