﻿1820 CATALOGUE OF 



allele composed of four small black spots. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



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TavIa ? VACILLANS. 



Fcem. Ferrugineo-fusca ; palporum ariiculus Zus apice testa- 

 ceus ; alee linea exleriore denticulata pallidiore albido punc- 

 tata^ punctis marginalibus alhis ; posficce linea tenui glances- 

 cente. 



Female, Ferruginous-brown, rather paler beneath. Second 

 joint of the palpi stout; third slightly widening towards the tip, 

 which is testaceous, a little more than half the length of the second. 

 Antennae stout, minutely crenulated. Wings with a paler exterior 

 denticulated line, whose angles have whitish points; marginal 

 points white ; a glaucous spot in the disk hindward. Hind wings 

 with a slight glaucous line, very obliquely intersecting the pale line. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a, Africa. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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Genus RHUBUNA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. 

 Palpi erecti, longiusculi, subarcuati; articulus 3us linearis, apice 

 subacuminatus, 2i dimidio non longior. Antennae simplices, cor- 

 poris dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas non aut vix 

 superans. Pedes longiusculi, subpilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 longis. Alae amplae, subdenticulatae ; anticae apud costam rectae, 

 margine exteriore obliquo subconvexo. 



Male and female. Body rather stout. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi vertical, raiher long, very slightly curved ; third joint 

 linear, slightly acuminated at the tip, full half the length of 

 the second. Antennae simple, more than half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen not or hardly extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs rather long, slightly pilose ; hind tibiae with long spurs. 

 Wings ample, very slightly denticulated. Fore wings straight 

 along the costa, nearly rectangular at the tips, slightly convex 

 and moderately oblique along the exterior border. 



