860 CATALOGUE OF 



at the base, with an oblique white streak on the discal areolet ; two 

 very slender hands of whitish dots, one extending from the discal 

 spot to the interior border, the other at three-fourths of the length of 

 the wing and nearly parallel to the exterior border ; under side pale 

 reddish. Hind wings whitish, with pale brownish borders; a rosy 

 tinge along the interior border. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 17 lines. 

 a. South Africa. From Mr. Pamplin's collection. 



2. MOKASA ? FUSCA. 



Fcein. Ferruginea ; abdomen vitta dorsali lata nigra ; alee anticce 

 fusca, macula costali interrupla testacea ; posticce rosea, basi 

 fulvas. 



Antarctia fusca, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 191, 1965. 

 Phalama-Bombyx fusca, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 36, pi. 307. 



Fern. Ferruginous. Abdomen with a broad black dorsal 

 stripe, which is interrupted on the hind border of each segment. 

 Fore wings brown, with a testaceous discal spot in three divisions. 

 Hind wings rose-colour, tawny towards the base. 



Surinam. 



Genus 54. MESEEA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum, valde pilosum. Palpi porrecti, 

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

 conicus. Antenna? latissime pectinatae, corporis dimidio paullo 

 longiores. Abdomen a pice fasciculatum, alas posticas not) supe- 

 rans. Pedes gracillimi ; tibia? posticae calcaribus parvis apicalibus. 

 Ala? mediocriter lata?. Fcem.P — Antenna? subpectinatae. Abdomen 

 apice lanuginosuni. 



Male. Body very pilose, rather stout. Proboscis obsolete. 

 Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the head; second joint 

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

 deeply pectinated, a little more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen tufted at the tip, not extending so far as the hind wings. 

 Legs very slender; hind tibia? with small apical spurs. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings almost straight in front, rounded at 

 the tips, oblique along the exterior border; interior angle rounded ; 

 three inferior veins; first and second united at the base; third 

 remote. Female? — Antennae minutely pectinated. Abdomen lauu- 

 ginose at the tip. Fore wings with the first and second inferior 

 veins near together at the base. 



