1264 CATALOGUE OF 



ochraceous ; under side yellowish, red-speckled, with an outward- 

 curved postmedial line, which is not speckled. Length of the body 

 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. ? 



Genus ZITHA. 



Mas. Corpus rohustum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi por- 

 recti, pilosi, breves ; articulus 3us conicus, parvus. Antennae valida?, 

 dense setulosae. Abdomen alas posticas sat superans; fasciculus 

 apicalis minimus. Pedes robusti, squamosi ; calcaria longa, gra- 

 cilia. Ala3 anticae latae, subacutae, margine exteriore convexo sub- 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi porrect, 

 pilose, very much shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 conical, minute. Antennae stout, thickly setulose. Abdomen ex- 

 tending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft very small. Legs 

 stout, squamous ; spurs long, slender. Wings broad. Fore wings 

 slightly acute; exterior border convex, slightly oblique ; first and 

 second inferior veins contiguous at the base; third remote from the 

 second ; fourth more remote from the third. 



ZlTHA PUNICEALIS. 



Mas. Lcete roseo laferitia ; abdomen albido-cinereum, segmentorum 

 marginibus rvfo conspersis ; alee anticce lineis duabus albidis 

 undulatis nigricante marginatis, 2a apud costam dilatata, 

 punctis costalibus albidis ; posticce albido-cinerece, apud costam 

 iridesventes, 



Male, Bright brick-red, with a rosy tinge. Abdomen whitish 

 cinereous ; hind borders of the segments red-speckled. Fore wings 

 with two whitish undulating lines ; first line at a little beyond one- 

 fourth of the length, blackish-bordered on the outer side; second at 

 three-fourths of the length, dilated on the costa, blackish-bordered 

 on the inner side ; eight whitish points on the costa between the 

 lines. Hind wings whitish cinereous', very iridescent towards the 

 costa. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a — d. South Africa. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq. 

 e. South A/rica. From Mr. Trimen's collection. 



