﻿1740 CATALOGUE OF 



joint lanceolate, about one-tLird of the length of the second. An- 

 tennae simple. Thorax with rather long lateral tegulae. Abdomen 

 slightly crested, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 most densely tufted, especially the fore pair; hind tibiae with long 

 spurs. Wings moderately broad, rather short, slightly denticulated. 

 Fore wings hardly convex along the costa, angular at the tips, 

 moderately oblique and slightly convex along the exterior border. 



1. Nagia gravipes. 



Mas. Fusca, cinereo varia ; alee anticce cupreo-fusca, purpuras- 

 cente suhtinctce^ lineis angulatis nigris, linea exteriors apud 

 costam dilatata postice Jiexuosissima, lunulis maryinalihus 

 nigris^ orbiculari subobsoleta, reniformi nigro marginata, 

 annulo poslico nigro ; posticce cupreo-fuscce, 



Male. Brown, varied with cinereous, mostly cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi pale cinereous in front. Fore wings cupreous-brown, with a 

 slight purple tinge, which is chiefly on the veins ; lines angular, 

 black; exterior line somewhat dilated towards the costa, extremely 

 retracted hindward ; marginal lunules black ; orbicular mark almost 

 obsolete; reniform bordered with black, and having behind it an 

 irregular black ringlet. Hind wings cupreous-brown. Length of 

 the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



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



Genus ANTACHARA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi sat graciles, 

 oblique ascendentes ; articulus 3us acuminatus, 2o brevior. An- 

 tennae simplices, corporis dimidio valde longiores. Abdomen alas 

 posticas non superans. Pedes sat graciles, vix pilosi ; tibiae pos- 

 ticae calcaribus longis. Alae sat angustae ; anticae apud costam 

 rectae, apice rectangulatae, margine exteriore postico perobliquo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi rather 

 slender, obliquely ascending; third joint acuminated, rather shorter 

 than the second. Antennae simple, much more than half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs rather slender, hardly pilose; hind tibiae with long 

 spurs. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings straight along the 

 costa, rectangular at the tips ; exterior border not oblique, excepting 

 the hind part, which is very oblique. 



