1424 CATALOGUE OF 



third joint minute, conical. Antennae very minutely pectinated, 

 nearly as long as the thorax. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Wings rather long, hardly broad. Fore wings 

 nearly straight in front, slightly rounded at the tips, hardly convex 

 and very oblique along the exterior border ; first and second inferior 

 veins contiguous ; third nearer to the second than to the fourth. 



2. Pachypasa? Pithyocampa. 



Mas. Cervina ; antenna testacece, ramis fulvce ; thorax nonnun- 

 quam cinerascens ant canes cens ; alee anticce fasciis duabus 

 angustis perobliquis subangulosis fusco marginatis maculisque 

 nonnullis exterioribus fuscis. Fcera. — Cano cinerascens ; an- 

 tenna abdomen et pedes testacea; tarsorum articuli fusci, 

 apice testacei ; alee anticce plaga magna antica basalt fascia 

 perobliqua maculisque exterioribus cervinis aut fuscis ; pos- 

 ticce cervince, margine pallidiore cinerascente. 



Phalaena-Bombvx Pithyocampa, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 29, pi. 304, 



f. E. F. 

 Phaleena-Bonibyx capensis? Linn. Syst. Nat. 313, 20. Frisch. Ins. 



10, pi. 10. 

 Bombyx capensis, Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. 40, 62. 

 Eutricha justa Pityocampa, Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. Lep. 



iii. Bomb. ii. Verce, x. Eulrichce, B. Justce, a. f. 1 — 4. 

 Lasiocampa Capensis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 189, 1945. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Antennae testaceous, with tawny branches. 

 Fore wing's a little paler than the hind wings, with two narrow very 

 oblique slightly zigzag brown -bordered bands, and with a few ex- 

 terior brown marks. Hind wings paler along the borders. Wings 

 more reddish beneath. Length of the body 11 — 12 lines; of the 

 wings 24 — 26 lines. 



Far. p. Thorax somewhat cinereous. Fore wings slightly 

 cinereous along part of the costa and of the interior border. 



Var. y. Bands of the fore wings more testaceous. Hind wings 

 not darker than the fore wings. 



Var. 8. Thorax somewhat hoary. 



Var. e. Fore wings with a reddish tinge. 



Var. £. Fore wings with numerous blackish hairs ; bands with 

 blackish borders. 



Female. Pale cinereous. Antennae pale testaceous, with 

 tawny branches. Abdomen testaceous. Legs testaceous, with some 



