270 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Amphia SUBUNITA. 



Thorax antice fulvescens ; alee anticce viridi-cinerece, apud medium 

 nigricantes, maculis reniformi et orbiculari cinereis nigro 

 marginatis antice apertis, hac rotunda, ilia oblonga angulata, 

 claviformi nigro marginata ; posticce cinerece. 



Amphia subunita, Guen. Noct. i. 224, 356. 



Cape. 



2. Amphia hepialoides. 



Caput et thorax anticus fulva ; alee anticce nigricantes, basi, striga, 

 fasciis duabus maculisque reniformi et orbiculari rufo-fulvis 

 nigro conspersis, orbiculari nigra, pupilla cinerea ; reniformi 

 oblonga angulata, claviformi nigra ; posticce nigricantes, mar- 

 ginibus fulvo nebulosis. 



Amphia hepialoides, Guen. Noct. i. 224, 357. 



Abyssinia. 



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Genus 13. PEEIGEA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi 

 longiusculi, subascendentes ; articulus 3us longi-conicus, 2i triente 

 non brevior. Antenna? simplices, graciles, corporis dimidio paullo 

 breviores. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. Pedes graciles ; 

 tibiae postica? calcaribusquatuor longissimis. Ala? mediocriter lata? ; 

 antica? apud costam recta?, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore sub- 

 convexo vix obliquo. 



Perigea, Guen. Noct. i. 225. 



Body hardly stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi slightly 

 ascending, rather long; third joint elongate-conical, full one-third 

 of the length of the second. Antenna? simple, slender, a little more 

 than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending for one-third 

 of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; hind tibia? with 

 lour very long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, rounded at the tips, slightly convex and hardly ob- 

 lique along the exterior border; first, second and third inferior 

 veins approximate to each other; fourth moderately remote. 



