1760 CATALOGUE OF 



Tephrina? PERVELATA. 



Mas, Obscure ferrugineo-cinerea ; caput fuscum ; palpi breves, 

 lati ; antenna pectinata, breviuscula ; abdomen fasciculo 

 apicali quadrato ; pedes breviusculi ; alee sat angusta, nigro 

 subconspersa, linea exteriore fusca subundulata subdenticu- 

 lata ; antica apice subrotundata, gutta discali e squamis 

 nigris. 



Male. Dark ferruginous-cinereous. Head dark brown. Palpi 

 porrect, short, broad, connected; third joint extremely short. 

 Antennae moderately pectinated, rather short. Abdomen extending 

 a little beyond the hind wings; apical tuft quadrate. Legs rather 

 short; hind tibiae with moderately long spurs. Wings rather 

 narrow, thinly and minutely black-speckled; exterior Hue brown, 

 slightly denticulate and undulating, very indistinct in the fore wings ; 

 marginal space a little darker; fringe long, full. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the tips; discal dot black, formed of elevated 

 scales; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Georgia. 



Tephrina latiscriptata. 



Foem. Pallide cinerea; caput et thorax fusca ; palpi breves, lati, 

 obtusi, vix ascendentes ; ala anticce acuta, basi fusca, fascia 

 latissima fusca lineas nigricantes denticulatas includente, 

 lineis exterioribus denticulatis obscure cinereis ; postica 

 albida, linea exteriore cinerea undulata. 



Female. Pale cinereous. Head and thorax brown. Palpi 

 short, broad, obtuse, hardly ascending. Fore wings acute, brown 

 towards the base, and with a very broad browu middle band, which 

 contains some blackish denticulated lines and is much narrower 

 towards the interior border; this band is convex on the inner and 

 undulating on the outer side, and beyond it there are a few slight 

 denticulated dark cinereous lines; exterior border slightly convex, 

 very oblique. Hind wings whitish, with an exterior undulating 

 cinereous line. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



