516 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 7. TOBATA. 



Mas etfcem. Corpus sat robustum. Palpi porrecti, lati, com- 

 pressi, pilosi, caput superantes. Antennae pubescentes. Abdomen 

 alas posticas non aut vix superans. Pedes longi, validi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus longis. Alae latiujsculae, pallidas, margine 

 obscuro ; antieae non elongatae, apice subrotundatae. 



Male and female. Body moderately stout. Palpi porrect, broad , 

 compressed, pilose, extending beyond the head. Antennae pubescent, 

 moderately stout. Abdomen extending a little or hardly beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs long, stout; hind tibiae with long spurs. 

 Wings rather broad, pale, dark-bordered. Fore wings not pro- 

 longed, somewhat rounded at the tips; exterior border moderately 

 oblique. 



1. TOBATA ELEALIS. 



Mas et foem. — Flavescente-alba; caput et thorax antice palpique 

 supra fusca; tibice anteriores fusco fasciata? ; alee antica? vitta 

 costali fasciaque marginali latissima fuscis, gutta discali 

 nigra; posticce fascia marginali lata fusca angulum interio- 

 rem non attingente. Mas. — Abdomen apice nonnunquam fus- 

 cum, fasciculo apicali nigro. 



Male and female. — Yellowish white. Head and thorax in 

 front and palpi above brown. Anterior legs with brown bands. 

 Fore wings brown along the costa and along the exterior border, the 

 marginal band much broader than the costal stripe ; a black dot in 

 the discal areolet adjoining the costal border. Hind wings with a 

 broad brown marginal band, which does not extend to the interior 

 angle. Male. — Abdomen occasionally brown at the tip ; apical 

 tuft black. Length of the body 5—6% lines ; of the wings 12 — 13 

 lines. 



a — c. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 

 d, e. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



2. Tobata Hermesalis. 



Fcem. Flavescente-alba ; palpi, thoracis margo anticus et abdo- 

 minis fasciculus apicali s fusci; pedes antici fusco fasciati ; 

 alee anticce vitta costali fasciaque marginali latissima nigro 

 lineata cuprco-purpureis, guttis tribus aut quatuor anticis 



