514 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, purplish brown beneath. Abdominal 

 tuft cinereous towards the tip. Legs with cinereous bands. Fore 

 wings with black speckles, and with three irregular and interrupted 

 cinereous bands ; fringe cinereous, with six brown streaks. Hind 

 wings purplish brown ; fringe cinereous, interlined with brown near 

 the base. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. South Africa. From Mr. Trimen's collection. 



2. TlSSA? CONNEXALIS. 



Mas. Obscure cinerea ; caput et abdomen argenteo-cinerea ; palpi 

 pubescentes, articulo 3o conico ; antenna late peclinata? ; alee 

 anticce punctis marginalibus nigris, maculis duabus strigaque 

 exteriore undulata furcata obscure fuscis nigro et argenteo 

 marginatis, fimbria argenteo strigata ; posticce fuscescente- 

 cinerea. 



Male. Dark cinereous, paler beneath. Head and abdomen 

 silvery cinereous. Palpi pubescent ; third joint conical, less than 

 one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae broadly pectinated. 

 Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 

 with a few black points near the base, and with three dark brown 

 marks, which have black and silvery borders ; these marks consist of 

 two interior spots and a broad exterior undulating streak, which is 

 forked towards the costa ; marginal line silvery, with an exterior 

 blackish border, which is interrupted by some silvery streaks on the 

 brownish cinereous fringe. Hind wings brownish cinereous ; fringe 

 whitish, interlined with brownish cinereous. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. South Africa. From Mr. Trimen's collection. 



Genus 30. ALAVONA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi validi, breves, 

 subpilosi ; articulus 3us longi-conicus. Antennae pectinatae. Abdo- 

 men alas posticas superans ; fasciculus apicalis sat maguus. Pedes 

 robusti ; tibiae pubescentes, calcaribus longissimis. Alae anticae sat 

 angust33, vix acutae. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi stout, porrect, 

 slightly pilose, much shorter than the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint elongate-conical, about half the length oi the second. Antennae 

 moderately pectinated. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the 

 hind wings ; apical tuft rather large. Legs stout; tibiae pubescent ; 



