LEl'IDOPTERA FIETEPvOCERA. 1500 



linea submarginali e gutlis argenteis ; anticee gut to. tvbcoitali 

 argenlea niyro et oehraceo margmata, eosta cinereo-cervisuk ; 

 pattica margine exteriore antico subdentato. 

 Female. Pale luteouft. Thorax cinereous fawn-colour in front. 

 Wings transversely oebraceous-speckled, with three u a nearly 



■plight slightly carved achraceous lines, and with an irregular sub- 

 marginal line of silvery dots. Fore irings with a silver) 

 dot, bordered with black and with ocbraceoua ; costa cinereous fawn- 

 colour ; exterior border moderately oblique. Hind* ; i the 

 exterior border slightly dentate in front. Length of the body 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 

 a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



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 Paly as ? nitidaria. 

 Ferruginea ; alee linen quatuor obUqmu chahjbeis, marc marginatis, 

 la 2aque recti?, la antice furcata, 3a undulala, 4a marginali. 



Phalsena-Geometra nitidaria, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 137. pi. 360, 

 f. G. 



Surinam. 



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Ophthalmophoea ? HlLAEIA. 

 Ochracea ; alee anticce purpurascentes, nigra compersce, fascia 

 arcuata albida cervino late margin at a, ocello subapicali atro. 



Phalaena Hilaria, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 26, pi. 113, f. F. 

 Surinam. 



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Genus TASTA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi brevis- 

 simi, oblique ascendeutes, articulo 3o minirno. Antennae leeves. 

 Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes laves, sat gracile* : 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae latiusculae, non longae ; 

 antics apice rotundatae ; posticae abdomen superantes. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis distinct. Palpi very short, 

 obliquely ascending, not rising near so high as the vertex ; third 

 joint conical, extremely minute. Antennae smooth. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather slender ; 



