﻿1438 CATALOGUE OP 



acute at the tip, nearly as long as the second. Antennae prismatic, 

 rather short, about half the length of the body, crenulated with 

 extremely minute ciliae, bare towards the base. Thorax short, 

 very squamose ; tegulsB short, subquadrate hindward. Abdomen 

 smooth, cylindric-conical, slightly tumid, with a slight crest at the 

 base, not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout, 

 very slightly pilose; hind tibiaj with very long spurs. Wings 

 broad, velvety, not denticulated, with very long ciliae. Fore wings 

 acute, straight along the costa, slightly convex and very slightly 

 oblique along the exterior border. 



Africa. 



1. FODINA EUCLIDICOLA. 



Obscure fusca ; abdomen cinereo-fuscum ; alee ciliis subchalybeis ; 

 anticce apice subrotundatce, apud costam pallide cinereo-fuscce^ 

 fasciis tribus angustis flavescente-albis apud costam abbre- 

 viatis, la 2aque subparallelis, 2a Saque apud marginem inte- 

 riorem connexis angulum includentibus ; posticce pallide 

 fuscce. 



Dark brown, paler and with cinereous tinge beneath. Abdo- 

 men cinereous-brown. Ciliae of the wings with a bluish tinge. 

 Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips, pale brown and with a 

 cinereous tinge along the costa, with three slender yellowish white 

 bands, which do not extend to the costa ; first band near the base, 

 almost parallel to the second, which forms an angle with the third, 

 the two being united by the interior border. Hind wings much 

 paler than the fore wings. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



a. West Africa. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



Asia. 

 2. FoDiNA Oriolus. 



NigrO'fusca ; abdomen luteum ; alee anticce fascia recta media vix 

 obliqua nivea, margine exterior e ciliisque albo-cinereis ; pos- 

 ticce luiece, margine exteriore latissimo strigaque apud margi- 

 nem interiorem nigro-fuscis, macula apud angulum interiorem 

 atra. 



