816 CATALOGUE OF 



white. Fore wings rather narrow, blackish for almost half the 

 length from the tips ; the border of the blackish hue slightly undu- 

 lating. Hind wings blackish along the middle part of the exterior 

 border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 

 a , ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Genus 27. CYPEA. 



Mas. Corpus gracillimum. Palpi porrecti, graciles, brevius- 

 euli, caput vix superantes ; articulus 2us lo multo longior; 3us 

 minimus, acuminatus. Antennae late pectinatae. Abdomen alas 

 posticas non superans. Pedes gracillimi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor mediae longitudinis. Alae latae. 



Cypra, Boisd. Voyage de V Astrolabe, 201. 



Male. Body very slender. Proboscis very short or obsolete. 

 Palpi porrect, slender, rather short, hardly extending beyond the 

 head; second joint very much longer than the first; third short, 

 acuminated, very minute. Antennae deeply pectinated, more than 

 half the length of the body. Abdomen not extending so far as the 

 hind wings. Legs very slender, bare ; hind tibiae with four mode- 

 rately long spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings very slightly convex 

 along the costa; second inferior vein nearer to the third than to the 

 first; third full six times further from the fourth than from the 

 second. 



1. Cypra Eleuteria. 



Mas. Alba ; caput supra Jlavescens ; pedes antici fusco subvittati ; 

 alee semihyalince, antica ad costam et apice fuscescentes, gutta 

 basali costali nigra. 



Phalaena Eleuteria, Stoll, Cram. Pap. Exot. v. 163, pi. 36, f. 12. 

 Liparis Eleuteria, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 158, 1645. 



Male. White. Head above slightly tinged with yellow. An- 

 tennae brown. Fore legs streaked with pale brown. Wings semi- 

 diaphanous, thinly clothed with very minute hairs ; veins white. 

 Fore wings pale brown on the costa and for one-fourth of the 

 length from the tips ; a black dot on the base of the costa. Length 

 of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 18—20 lines. 



a. Ashanti. From the collection of the Wesleyan Missionary 



Society. 

 b—f. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 

 g. — ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



