826 CATALOGUE OF 



and hardly convex along the exterior border ; interior angle obtuse 

 and somewhat rounded ; first and second inferior veins contiguous 

 at the base ; third about thrice further from the fourth than from 

 the second. 



1. Cropera testacea. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput, thorax antice, et alee apud costam sub- 



lutea ; aim anticce litura discali nigricante. 



Male. Testaceous. Head, fore part of the thorax, and wings 



along the costa somewhat luteous. Fore wings with a blackish 



mark at the tip of the discal areolet. Length of the body 6 — 7 



lines; of the wings 16—18 lines. 



Port Natal. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 37. EEDOA. 



Mas. Corpus pilosum, mediocriter validum. Proboscis bre- 

 vissima. Palpi porrecti, crassi, longiusculi, per obtusi, caput super- 

 antes ; articulus 2us lo plus duplo longior; 3us vix conspicuus. 

 Antennae latissime pectinate. Abdomen alas posticasnon superans. 

 Pedes sat graciles, vix pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 longis. Alae mediocriter latse ; anticae subacuminatae. 



Male. Body pilose, moderately stout. Proboscis very short. 

 Palpi porrect, thick, very obtuse, rather long, extending some dis- 

 tance beyond the head ; second joint more than twice the length of 

 the first ; third almost obsolete. Antennae very deeply pectinated. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slen- 

 der, hardly pilose ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings mode- 

 rately broad. Fore wings acuminated; second inferior vein very 

 little nearer lo the third than to the first ; third almost twice further 

 from the fourth than from the second. 



A. Caput fusco maculatum. ... subinarginata, Walk. 



B. Caput non maculatum. 



A. Alae venis albis. - micans, Walk. 



B. Alae venis nigricantibus. ... argentea, Walk. 



1. Kedoa submarginata. 

 Mas. Alba ; vertex fusco maculatus ; palpi apice fusci ; pedes 

 anteriores nigro maculati ; alee argentece scintillantes, sub- 

 tus fusco vix marginatce y anticce gutta discali nigra. 



