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brown on the inner side; fringe pale yellowish. Hind wings pale 

 yellow ; fringe tipped with brown. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



Allied to N. consocia, but the marginal band of the fore wings 

 is still more narrow. 



a, b. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Nyssia intermissa. 



Mas. Late viridis ; caput corpusque subtus ferrugineo-rufa ; an- 

 tenna nigra, basi subpectinala ; abdomen ochraceum; alec 

 antica ferruginece, apud coslam albo conspersa, spatio mar- 

 ginali pallidiore atomis canis, plaga postica subquadrata 

 viridi ; postica? ochracea, dimidio exteriore pallide ferrugineo. 

 Fcem. — Alee antica ferruginea, vitta costali fasciaque obliqua 

 incisa connexis late viridibus ; postica ochracea. 



Male. Vivid green. Head, body beneath and legs ferruginous- 

 red. Antennae black, shoit, slightly pectinated towards the base. 

 Abdomen ochraceous above. Fore wings ferruginous, thickly 

 speckled with white along the costa ; a broad space along the exte- 

 rior border paler, speckled with hoary, divided by an undulating 

 outline from the rest of the wing ; a subquadrate green patch on 

 the middle of the interior border. Hind wings ochraceous ; exterior 

 half pale ferruginous. Female.- — Fore wings ferruginous, with a 

 vivid green costal stripe and with a vivid green very oblique band, 

 which joins the stripe towards the tip, is notched in front, and is 

 broadest on the interior border. Hind wings wholly ochraceous. 

 Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 20 — 24 lines. 



The markings of the fore wings sufficiently distinguish this 

 species from N. picta. 



a. Natal. Presented by J. Sanderson, Esq. 



b. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Nyssia determinata. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-rufa, crassa, subtus cinerea ; antenna glabra ; 

 abdomen dense pilosum, alas posticas longe superans, fasciculo 

 apicali furcato ; pedes pilosissimi ; ala antica elongata, sub- 

 acuta; postica albida, rufescente marginata. 



