832 CATALOGUE OF 



patches ; two angular purplish white costal patches, one about the 

 middle, the other subapical. Hind wings white, semihyaline, 

 broadly bordered with purplish brown ; an elongated submarginal 

 gilded white semihyaline dot near the interior angle ; fringe white, 

 its hind part with purplish brown dots. Length of the body 12 

 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Fam. PLACODIDJ3, C. L. H. xii. 879. 

 Genus BITHIGA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi pubescentes, 

 vix arcuati, oblique ascendentes, verticem longe superantes ; articu- 

 lus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae dense setosae. 

 Abdomen attenuatum, alas poslicas satsuperans; segmenta lo ad 

 3um subcristata ; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes graciles, pilosi ; 

 caicaria longa, gracilia. Alae anlicse latae, apice rotundatae, mar- 

 gine exteriore convexo perobliquo. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi 

 pubescent, moderately stout, hardly curved, obliquely ascending, 

 rising much higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, much more 

 slender than the second, and full half its length. Antennae thickly 

 setose. Abdomen attenuated, extending rather beyond the hind 

 wings; first, second and third segments with slight crests ; apical 

 tuft very small. Legs slender; femora and tibiae pilose; spurs long, 

 slender. Wings elongate, moderately broad. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips; exterior border convex, very oblique ; second inferior 

 vein much nearer to the first than to the third; fourth rather remote 

 from the third. 



BlTHIGA RUBKISPARSA. 



Mas. Nigricans ; abdomen nigricante-cinereum, nigro cristatum, 

 fasciculo apiculi pallide cinereo ; alee anticce obscure purpu- 

 rascente-rubrcp, nigro conspersce, lineis nigris angulosis, la 

 2aque abbreviatis, 3a 4a baque diffusis, 6a undulata albido 

 punctata, \a lata interrupta, fascia inter lineas lam et 2am 

 nigra ; posticce gutta discali lineisque duabus exterioribus 

 angulosis nigricantibus. 



