1096 CATALOGUE OF 



1. TNOUS NIGR1PALPIS. 



Mas. Rufescens ; palpi nigri ; thoracis latera postica et ebdomen 

 fulva ; tarsi nigro fasciati ; pedes antici nigricantes ; alee 

 anticce maculis tribus angulosis albis ; posticce pallidiores. 



Male. Reddish. Palpi black. Thorax on each side hind- 

 ward and abdomen tawny. Tarsi with black bands; fore legs 

 mostly blackish. Fore wings with three angular white spots; 

 one by the interior border near the base ; the second in the disk ; 

 the third by the costa, beyond two-thirds of the length. Hind 

 wings paler than the fore wings, pale testaceous towards the base. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



Genus 75. ZAGAKIS. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, pilis longiusculis dense vestitum. 

 Proboscis brevissima. Palpi validi, porrecti, pilosi, caput paullo su- 

 perantes ; articulus 3us minutus, obtusus. Antennae late pectinatae. 

 Abdomen alas posticas dimidio superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae pos- 

 ticae calcaribus duobus apicalibus sat longis. Alae angustae. 



Zagaris, MSS. 



Automolis, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 170. 



Male. Body stout, thickly clothed with rather long hairs. 

 Proboscis very short. Palpi porrect, stout, pilose, moderately long, 

 extending a little beyond the head; second joint much longer than 

 the first; third minute, obtuse. Antennae deeply pectinated. Ab- 

 domen extending for half its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout; hind tibiae with stout moderately long apical spurs. Wings 

 narrow. Fore wings with the first and second inferior veins united 

 at the base ; third much nearer to the second than to the fourth. 



1. Zagaris Meteus. 



Mas. Fulva ; abdomen et alee thorace pallidiora. 



Phalaena-Bombyx Meteus, Cram. Pap. JExot. iv. pi. 347, f. B. 



Automolis Meteus, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 171, 1758. 



Male. Tawny. Abdomen and wings rather paler than the 

 thorax. Length of the body 7 — 8 lines ; of the wings 16—18 lines. 



a — d. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



