476 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Episparis PENETRATA. 



Mas et foem. Ochracea, subtus alba; antenna testacece ; pedes 

 albi, femoribus tibiisque anticis supra rufis ; alee anticce litu- 

 ris costalibus albis, lineis transversis fuscis purpuras cente 

 marginatis, basalt distincta, interior *e dislocata, mediana valde 

 flexa, exteriore recta, reniformi argenteo conspersa fusco mar- 

 ginata ; postic<£ apud costam purpureo-albida?,maculis duabus 

 discalibus ockraceis, linea mediana distincta subangulata. 



Male and female. Orange, white beneath. Antennae testa- 

 ceous. Abdomen more dull than the thorax. Legs white ; fore 

 femora and fore tibiae red above. Fore wings with some white 

 marks along the costa ; transverse lines brown and accompanied by 

 a purplish tinge; basal line distinct; interior one dislocated ; me- 

 dian one much bent; exterior one straight; claviform and orbicular 

 spots obsolete ; reniform forming a silver-spangled brown-bordered 

 spot, which is much more excavated in the male than in the female. 

 Hind wings purplish, whitish along the costa, with two orange dis- 

 cal spots ; median line distinct, forming a nearly right angle in the 

 middle ; under side whitish, with a brown discal dot and a fawn- 

 coloured border ; median line distinct, zigzag. Length of the body 

 6 — 8 lines ; of the wings 16 — 18 lines. 



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



Genus 22. EPITAUSA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. 

 Palpi validi, longiusculi, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 2us 3o 

 cylindrico quadruplo longior. Antennae serratae, ciliatae, corporis 

 dimidio vix longiores. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes 

 validi ; tibiae posteriores dense fasciculatae, posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 longis. Alae longiusculae, mediocriter latae; anticae apud costam 

 rectae, apice angulatae, subfalcatae, margine exteriore integro valde 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi stout, rather long, obliquely ascending ; third joint cylindri- 

 cal, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 serrated, ciliated, hardly more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings, tufted on each 

 side towards the tip. Legs stout ; posterior tibiae thickly tufted ; 



