202 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Arucha INDICATALIS. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; palpi obscure cinerei ; alee anticce 

 vitta costali alba; posticce albidce, iridescentes, subhyalince^ 

 fuscescente marginatce* 



Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Palpi dark cinereous. 

 Fore wings with a white costal stripe. Hind wings whitish, irides- 

 cent, nearly hyaline, with a brownish exterior border. Length of 

 the body 5 J lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



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



Genus 30. AFFA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi vix ascend- 

 entes, capitis latitudine non breviores ; articulus 2us robustus, pilo- 

 sus ; 3us gracilis, brevis, lanceolatus. Antennae robustae, glabrae. 

 Abdomen alas posticas longe superans. Alae spisse, elongatae ; an- 

 ticae acutae, costa vix convexa, margine exteriore subobliquo ; pos- 

 ticse basi fasciculatae. 



Male. Body very robust. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi very 

 slightly ascending, as long as the breadth of the head; second joint 

 stout, pilose ; third slender, lanceolate, not more than one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Antennas stout, smooth. Abdomen ex- 

 tending much beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Wings 

 dense, elongate. Fore wings acute, moderately broad ; costa hardly 

 con?ex ; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings 

 tufted above at the base. 



1. Affa bipunctella. 



Mas. Pallidissime cinereo-straminea ; alee anticce gutta discali 

 fuscescente diffusa, disco subtus fusco ; posticce fuscescente- 

 einerea. 



Male. Very pale cinereous straw-colour. Fore wings with a 

 diffuse brownish dot in the interior part of the disk ; disk beneath 

 brown. Hind wings brownish cinereous. Length of the body 

 9 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



