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CATALOGUE OF 



spot in front, and bounded by a deeply undulating brown line. 

 Length of the body 7 ? lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Ashanti. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society's collection. 



Genus 16. AZOCHIS. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile* Proboscis mediocris. Palpi por- 

 recti, compressi, obtusi, pilosi, caput superantes ; articulus 3us 

 minimus. Palpi maxillares breves. Antennae pubescentes, sat 

 validae, basi incrassata?. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes 

 glabri, vix robusti ; calcaria longiuscula ; tibiae posticas apice fas- 

 ciculate. Alae fere vitreae; anticae acuta?. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi porrect, compressed, obtuse, pilose, extending rather beyond 

 the head ; third joint very minute. Maxillary palpi short. An- 

 tennae pubescent, rather stout, incrassated at the base. Abdomen 

 extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft moderately 

 large. Legs smooth, moderately stout ; spurs rather long ; hind 

 lees tufted at the tips of the tibiae and at the base of the tarsi. 

 U ings moderately broad, mostly vitreous. Fore wings with acute 

 tips ; exterior border moderately oblique. 



1. Azochis Gripusalis. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palpi fusci, subtus basi albi ; abdominis fascicu- 

 lus apicalis niger ; tarsi nigricante fasciati ; tibia antica 

 apice nigra; ala subtestaceo semihyalince ; anticce lineis 

 tribus transversis snbarcuatis nigricantibus, plagis duabvs 

 marginalibus nigris, fimbria nigra punctata ; postica maculis 

 marginalibus nigris. 



Male. Cinereous. Palpi brown, white beneath towards the 

 base. Abdomen with a black apical tuft. Tarsi with blackish 

 T)ands. Fore tibiae black towards the tips. Wings semihyaline, 

 with a slight testaceous tinge. Fore wings with three blackish 

 transverse slightly curved lines ; exterior border with two black dots 

 in front, and with a black patch in the middle and another by the 

 interior angle; fringe with elongated black points. Hind wings 

 with a slight indication of the submarginal line, with a black spot 

 on the interior, with another on the exterior border near the tip, 



