802 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. White. Palpi smooth, erect, rising a little higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint elongate-conical, about one-third of the 

 length of the second. Wings slightly gilded. Fore wings aeneous 

 beyond the middle ; this hue including two whitish lines, which are 

 connected and dilated near the tip of the costa and diverge from 

 thence to the interior border; exterior border reddish cupreous. 

 Hind wings brightly gilded about the exterior border. Length of 

 the body 4 — 4J lines ; of the wings 9 — 10 lines. 



a. b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Anthophila nebulifera. 



Fcem. Pallide ochracea ; palpi oblique aseendentes, verticem 

 super antes, articulo So minim o ; alee anticce lineis duabus 

 pallidioribus subundulatis, h 2a obliqua antice obsoleia, striga 

 anlica longitvdinali lituraque apicali rufis, fascia marginali 

 fusca, punctis duobus nigris ; posticce albce. 



Female. Pale ochraceous. Body and under side yellowish 

 white. Palpi smooth, obliquely ascending, rising higher than the 

 vertex ; third joint about one-sixth of the length of the second. 

 Fore wings with two paler slightly undulating lines ; first line 

 antemedial, not oblique ; second beyond the middle, oblique, 

 obsolete in front, where there is a diffuse pale red longitudinal 

 streak; a brown marginal band dilated and attenuated to the base 

 of the streak, where there is a black point ; another black point on 

 the inner side of the band nearer the tip, where there is a small red 

 mark. Hind wings white. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



a. South Hindustan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



Anthophila maeginalis. 



Flava ; caput et thorax anticus purpurea ; palpi erecti, caput 

 superantes, articulo 2o fimbriate , So lanceolato ; alee anticce 

 vitta costali, margine exteriore marginisque inierioris dimidio 

 apicali purpureis ; posticce aurato-cinerece. 



Yellow, whitish beneath. Head, palpi and fore tegulae of the 

 thorax purple. Palpi erect, rising much higher than the vertex ; 

 second joint fringed ; third lanceolate, nearly as long as the second. 

 Abdomen gilded cinereous. Fore wings with a narrow purple 

 costal stripe, which is slightly dilated beyond the middle and 





