﻿1390 CATALOGUE OF 



corporis dimidio paullo longioves. Thorax laBvis, subrotundus, antice 

 latus tep:iilis coiijunctis. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. 

 Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticfe calcaribus longis. Alae lalae, non 

 denticulatse ; anlicoe siibacutae, apud costam siibrectas. Mas. — Pal- 

 porura articulus 3us brevissiraus. Foem. — Palporum articulus 3iis 

 sat longus. 



Achaea, Hilbn. Verz, Schmett. 269. Gueri, Noct. iii. 244. 

 Melipotis, p., Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 260. 



Body robust. Proboscis stout, moderately long. Palpi stout, 

 pilose, vertical ; third joint lanceolate. Antennae simple, a little 

 more than half the length of the body. Thorax smooth, nearly 

 round, broad and with the tegulae contiguous in front. Abdomen 

 extending as far as the hind wings. Legs stout, pilose ; hind tibise 

 with long spurs. Wings broad, not denticulated. Fore wings 

 slightly acute, almost straight along the costa, generally straight 

 and moderately oblique along the exterior border. Male. — Third 

 joint of the palpi about one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Female. — Third joint of the palpi about half the length of the 

 second. 



Africa. 



A. Alae posticJB apice flavge. . . - - Ezea, Cram. 



B. Alae posticae apice non flavge. 



A. Alae anticae albo non maculatae. 



A. Alae posticae fascia nulla apicali alba. 



a. Alae anticae vix latae. 



i. Alae posticae fascia alba conspicua. - Catilla, Gnen. 

 ii. Alae posticae fascia vix conspicua. 



^ Alae anticae guttis nuUis basalibus nigris. 



Chamaeleon, Guen. 

 ^^ Alae anticae guttis basalibus nigris. speclatura. Walk. 



b. Alae anticae latse. . - _ mormoides, Walk. 



B. Alae posticae fascia apicali alba. 



a, Alae anticae plaga nulla nigro-fusca. conspicienda. Walk. 



b. Alae anticae plaga basali nigro-fusca. indicabilis, Walk. 



B. Alae anticae albo maculatae. - - - illustrata, Walk. 



1. AcHiEA Ezea. 



Var. ? Rufescente-fusca ; abdomen fuscum; alee anticce iineis 

 transversis indistinctis undulatis nigricantibus, punctis sub- 

 marginalibus nigris, fasciis subtus duabus, una discali pallide 

 flava antice abbreviata, altera albida marginali ; posticce fer- 

 rugineo-fuscce, basi ciner eo-f us cce, fascia apicali pallide lutea. 



