10 CATALOGUE OF 



Male, Very pale cinereous fawn-colour. Fore wings with a 

 very slight olive-green tinge, and with some black speckles, which 

 are placed transversely and are obliterated hindward ; a large dif- 

 fuse brown patch about the apical part of the costa. Hind wings 

 very minutely brown-speckled. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 

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



Genus 14. HIBITA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum, pilosissimum. Proboscis obsoleta. 

 Palpi porrecti, crassi, pilosissimi, capitis latitudine breviores. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas superans ; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes 

 robusti, femoribus tibiisque pilosis, calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae 

 elongatae, spissae, latiuscuhe, costa margineque exteriore perparum 

 convexis, margine exteriore subtruncato. 



Male. Body thick, very pilose. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi 

 porrect, thick, very pilose, shorter than the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint minute, concealed by the hairs. Abdomen 

 extending rather beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft very small. 

 Legs stout; femora and tibiae pilose ; hind tibiae with four long 

 spurs. Wings elongate, dense, comparatively broad. Fore wings 

 hardly acute, very slightly truncated along the interior border ; costa 

 and exterior border very slightly convex, the latter moderately 

 oblique. 



1. HlBITA ARCTURELLA. 



Mas. Ferruginea, svbius cinerascens ; alee anticce fusco con- 

 spersap, costa nigricante conspersa, fascia media fusca obliqua, 

 punctis warginalibus nigricaMibus ; postica? fuscce. 



Male. Ferruginous. Abdomen and hind wings brown ; under 

 side more cinereous. Fore wings with transverse brown speckles, 

 the latter blackish along the costa ; a brown oblique incomplete 

 middle band ; marginal points blackish. Length of the body 6 

 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 15. ORYBA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi por- 

 recti, lanceolati, capitis latitudine vix duplo longiores; articulus 

 3us 2o uon brevior. Antenna? glabrae, graciles. Abdomen alas 



