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Male. Pale purplish. Antennae with brown branches. Ab- 

 domen whitish above, except at the tip. Wings whitish beneath 

 towards the interior border. Fore wings greenish at the tips, and 

 with two oblique greenish bands ; first band near the base, imperfect ; 

 second rather broad, a little beyond the middle; two slender undu- 

 lating streaks between the second band and the exterior border. 

 Hind wings whitish above, except about the borders. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Yucatan. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 12. ANTHORA. 



Mas. Corpus gracillimum. Palpi porrecti, longiusculi, sat 

 validi, subtus pilosi, caput superantes ; articulus 2us lo valde lon- 

 gior ; 3us minutus, a'cutus, conicus. Antennas lalissime pectinatae. 

 Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes graciles, subnudi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alas latae, 



Male. Body very slender. Palpi porrect, rather long and 

 stout, pilose beneath, extending beyond the head : second joint very 

 much longer than the first; third minute, acute-conical. Antennae 

 very deeply pectinated. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs slender, nearly bare ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings with the second inferior vein as near to 

 the third as to the first ; third twice further from the fourth than 

 from the second. 



1. Anthora subrosea. 



Mas. Albida ; thorax et alarum anticarum margines suhrosei ; 

 aim anticce guttis marginalibus nigris. 



Male. Whitish, slightly tinged with rose-colour on the thorax 

 and on the borders of the fore wings ; the latter have a submarginal 

 row of black dots. Length of the body A\ lines; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



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



Genus 13. LACIDA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi validi; 

 pilosi, porrecti, caput superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae 

 latissime pectinatae. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus qua- 

 tuor longis. Alae latiusculae ; posticae abdomen sat longe superantes. 



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