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Genus GALTARA. 



Mas, Corpus sat validum. Fasciculus frontalis productus. 

 Proboscis breviuscula, sat gracilis. Palpi capitis latitudine non 

 breviores, aiticulo 3o sublanceolato. Antennae pectinatae. Abdomen 

 lineare, alas posticas non superans. Pedes Iseves, vix robusti; tibiae 

 posticae calcavibus quatuor breviusculis. Ala3 elongata3; anticae 

 subacutae, costa vix convexa. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Frontal tuft prominent. Pro- 

 boscis rather short and slender. Palpi porrect, as long as the 

 breadth of the head ; third joint slightly lanceolate, nearly as long 

 as the second. Antennae moderately pectinated. Abdomen linear, 

 not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, hardly stout ; 

 hind tibiae with four rather short spurs. Wings somewhat elongated. 

 Fore wings slightly acute; costa and exterior border hardly convex, 

 the latter moderately oblique. 



Galtara purata. 



Mas. Pallide cervina ; palpi extus nigricantes ; thorax et 

 pectus nigro bipunctata ; abdomen punctis dorsalibus nigris, 

 e punctis nigris subtus bilineatum; pedes nigro substrigati, 

 coxis anticis nigro punctatis; ala? anticce punctis marginalibus 

 nigris. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour. Palpi blackish on the outer side. 

 Thorax with a black point on each of the tegulae. Pectus with two 

 black points. Abdomen with dorsal black points, and with two 

 rows of black points on the under side. Legs slightly streaked with 

 black; a black point on each of the fore coxae. Fore wings with 

 black points along the exterior border. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Genus PATRIDAVA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi firabriati, 

 latisshni, brevissimi, frontem vix superantes, articulo 3o minimo. 

 Antenna) breviusculae, pectinatae, ramis subclavatis. Abdomen alas 

 pusticas non superans. Pedes laeves, valitli, breviusculi ; tibiae 

 posticae quadricalcaratae. Alae elongatae; anticae apice rotundatae. 







