1492 CATALOGUE OF 



2. Artace albicans. 



Alba ; palpi rosei, basi nigricantes ; pedes nigro fasciati ; tibice 

 anticce ex parte roseo hirtce ; alee apud marginem exteriorem 

 nigro guttata, anticce e guttis nigris quadri ant quinque fas- 

 ciatce. 

 White. Palpi rose-colour, blackish towards the base. An- 

 tennas with brown branches. Legs with black bands. Fore tibiae 

 partly clothed with rosy hairs. Wings with a row of black dots be- 

 tween the veins on the exterior border, near which there is a parallel 

 row of brownish dots. Fore wings with a rosy tinge towards the 

 base of the costa ; veins with black dots, which form four or five ob- 

 lique bands. Length of body 5 — 6 lines; of the wings 12 — 16 

 lines. 



a — g. Georgia ? 



3. Artace punctivena. 



Mas. Fulva ; tarsi intermediinigri,testaceo fasciati ; alee anticce 

 e guttis nigris quinque fasciatce, posticce fascia interrupta sub- 

 marginali cinerascente. 



A. albicans, var. ? 



Male. Tawny, shining, paler beneath. Middle tarsi black, 

 with testaceous bands. Fore wings with five oblique bands of black 

 dots ; the dots on the veins, with the exception of those of the exte- 

 rior marginal band which are between the veins. Hind wings with 

 an indistinct interrupted submarginal grayish band. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Africa. 



Group 1. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Palpi brevissimi. Antennas medio- 

 criter pectinatae, thorace paullo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 non superans. 



Male. Body stout. Palpi very short, not extending so far as 

 the head. Antennae moderately pectinated, a little longer than the 

 thorax. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Legs 

 rather slender. Wings hardly broad. Fore wings hardly acumi- 

 nated at the tips ; first and second inferior veins nearly contiguous 

 at the base; third remote. 



