CATALOGUE OP 



the second. Antennae of the male incrassated towards the base. 

 Abdomen extending: very little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 

 moderately broad, hardly acute ; costa very slightly convex ; exte- 

 rior border convex, slightly oblique. 



41. Nephopteryx reductella. 



Mas et fcem. Cinerea ; caput et thoraxque rufescente-cinerea ; ala 

 anticcp nigro subconspersce, fascia interiore fusca nigro sub- 

 marginata, linea exteriore fusca denticulata subundulata, 

 spatio medio cano ; posticce ceneo-cinerece. 



Male and female. Cinereous. Head and thorax reddish cine- 

 reous. Fore wings thinly black-speckled, with a brown partly 

 black-bordered interior band, and with a brown denticulated 

 slightly undulating exterior line; middle space hoary. Hind wings 

 aeneous-cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



a, b. Honduras. From Mr. Miller's collection. 



Africa. 



42. Nephopteryx rtjbiginalis. 



Fcem. Rufescente-cinerea ; palpi lati 9 breves, subdecumbentes, 

 subtusfimbriati, articulo So minimo ; alee antica latiuscula, 

 subacute, nigro subconspersce, rufo-purpurascente varia, lineis 

 duabus nigricantibus, la postice arcuata, 2a subundulata, 

 costa nigro guttata, punctis marginalibus nigris ; posticm 

 albido-cinerea . 



Femah. Keddish cinereous, stout. Palpi broad, pubescent, 

 slightly decumbent, fringed beneath, much shorter than the breadth 

 ot the head ; third joint extremely minute. Antennae rather stout. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings com- 

 paratively broad. Fore wings slightly acute, thinly black-speckled, 

 partly tinged with purplish red ; interior and exterior lines blackish : 

 first line upright, curved hindward; second oblique, slightly undu- 

 lating; costa straight, with black dots ; marginal points black; ex- 

 tenor border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind win ff s 

 lines CmereoUS - Len S th of the bod y 5 lines ; of the wings 14 



a. Port Natal. From M. Guienzius' collection. 



b. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



