512 CATALOGUE OF 



Alae anticae breviusculae, latiusculae, vix acutae, margine exteriore 

 subobliquo. 



Female. Body stout, smooth, squamous. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi porrect, not extending beyond the head ; third joint 

 extremely minute. Antennas stout, smooth, not longer than the 

 thorax. Legs short, stout. Wings rather short and broad. Fore 

 wings hardly acute ; exterior border slightly oblique. 



1. NlGILGIA ADJECTELLA. 



Fcem. Cuprea ; corpus subtus albidum ; alee anticce lineis plu- 

 rimis e atomis cinereis,fasciis duabus atris cupreo lineatis. 



Female. Cupreous, shining. Body whitish beneath. Proboscis 

 tawny. Fore wings with numerous transverse lines composed of 

 minute cinereous speckles ; two deep black bands ; first band with 

 two cupreous lines; second band with a cupreous line, which emits 

 a streak from its middle to the tip of the wing; two short cupreous 

 streaks, one oblique, in front of the apical part of the first streak, the 

 other transverse, proceeding from the costa and parallel to the line 

 of the second band. Hind wings with a white fringe. Length of 

 the body 3j lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Genus 28. TIRASIA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, hirsutum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi 

 hirsuti, squamosi, breves, subascendentes. Antennas glabrae, breves, 

 validae. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes robusti, breviusculi ; 

 tarsi postici pilosi. Alae anticae dense vestitae, apice subrotundatae, 

 margine exteriore recto sat obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Head and thorax hirsute, squamous. 

 Proboscis obsolete. Palpi hirsute, squamous, slightly ascending, not 

 longer than half the breadth of the head; third joint extremely 

 short. Antennae smooth, rather stout, not longer than the thorax. 

 Abdomen pilose, extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout, rather short, densely pilose; spurs long, stout; hind tarsi 

 with long hairs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings densely 

 clothed, rounded at the tips ; exterior border straight, rather 

 oblique; first, second and third inferior veins approximate; fourth 

 remote. Hind wings with the fringe very long along the interior 

 border. 



