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24. NONAGRIA ABDOMINALIS. 



Pallide testacea, sat robusta ; abdomen fulvum, longiuseulum, apice 

 albidum ; pedes antici pilosissimi ; alee breviusculce ; anticce 

 innotatce ; posticce albce, iridescentes, margine subtestacece. 



Pale testaceous, rather stout. Abdomen tawny, rather long:, 

 whitish at the tip. Fore legs very pilose. Wings rather short, 

 Fore wings without any markings. Hind wings white, very pearly, 

 slightly testaceous on the border. Length of the body 6 iines ; of 

 the wings 12 lines. 



a. New Holland. 



Genus 11. AITETA. 



Corpus crassum. Caput magnum. Proboscis mediocriter 

 longa. Palpi ascendentes ; articulus 3us cylindricus, 2i quadrante 

 non brevior. Antenna? simplices, robustae, corporis dimidio non 

 longiores. x\bdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alse sat angustae ; anticae 

 apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Body thick. Head large. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 ascending ; third joint cylindrical, full one-fourth of the length of 

 the second. Antennas simple, robust, about half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen extending for one-fourth of its length beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs stout; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 

 rather narrow. Fore wings straight in front, rounded at the tips, 

 very oblique along the exterior border ; first, second and third infe- 

 rior veins approximate ; fourth moderately remote. 



1. AlTETA MUSCULINA. 



Pallide murina ; caput et thorax paullo obscuriora ; alee anticce 

 gutta discali punctoque posteriore exteriore nigris ; posticce 

 subtus albidce. 



Pale mouse-colour. Head and thorax a little darker. Fore 

 wings with a black discal dot, and with a black point near the hind 

 part of the exterior border ; under side paler exteriorly. Hind 

 wings whitish beneath. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 15 lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



