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with the lines blackish, undulating and denticulated ; submar- 

 ginal line of black spots; naarginal points black. Fore wings 

 rectangular at the tips; orbicular mark black, punctiform ; reniform 

 with a black border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the Wings 

 12 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Genus 18. GRACILODES. 



Corpus la&ve, sat gracile. Fasciculus frontalis non porrectus. 

 Proboscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi longi, compressi, oblique ascen- 

 dentes ; articulus 3us acuminatus, gracilis, 2o non brevior. Antennae 

 graciles, ciliata). Thorax depressus. Abdomen cylindrico-conicum, 

 alas posticas non aut vix superans. Pedes longiusculi, sat graciles, 

 subpilosi ; tibiae posticse calcaribus longis. Alae amplae, tenues^ 

 velutinse, concolores^ lituris non diversis, margine exteriore 

 angulato; anlicae acutse, subfalcatae ; posticae apud angulum in- 

 teriorem striga ciliisque albis. Mas, — Antennae ciliis pubescentibus. 

 Fcem, — Antennae ciliis non approximatis. 



Gracilodes, Guen, Nod. iii. 369. 



Body smooth, rather slender. Frontal tuft not prominent. 

 Proboscis short, slender. Palpi long, compressed, obliquely as- 

 cending; third joint acuminated, slender, as long as the second. 

 Antennae slender, ciliated with pubescent barbules in the male, 

 crenulated with isolated ciliae in the female. Thorax flattened. 

 Abdomen cylindric-conieal, not or hardly extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs rather long and slender, slightly pilose ; hind 

 tibiae with long spurs. Wings ample, delicate, velvety, alike in 

 colour and markings; exterior border angular. Hind wings with 

 a white streak and white ciliae by the interior angle. Fore wings 

 acute, almost subfalcate. 



1. Gracilodes Caffra. 



Lutea aut cervina, nonnunquam testacea, cervino varia ; alee lineis 

 tribus nigricantibus ; anticce reniformi incompleta fusco mar- 

 ginata ; posticce ocello iridescente striga ciliisque albis apud 

 angulum inter iorem, 



Gracilodes Caffra, Guen. Noct. iii. 370, 1852. 



a — d. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection, 

 e, CaffVaria. From M. Becker's collection. 



