836 CATALOGUE OF 



a discal band, and the border paler fawn-colour. Length of th(j 

 body b\ lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. United States. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Africa. 



7. MlCROPHYSA ARVORTJM. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; alee anticce dimidio postico obscuriore, linei 

 intermedia nigra areuata intus rufescente lineolata, macule 

 nigra, lituris ciliis multis aut subobsolelis ; posticce cinerece. 



Microphysa arvorum, Guen. Noct. ii. 258, 1057. 



Cape. 



8. Microphysa Namacensis. 



Cinerascens ; palpi nigri, basi albi ; alee anticce sericea, linei 

 parallelis undulatu nigricantibus, reniformi flava nigro mar* 

 ginata, fascia submarginali fusca cinerea lineata, lineolis 

 marginalibus nigricantibus ; postica pallidiores, margine lato 

 lineisque duabus nigricantibus. 



Microphysa Namacensis, Guen, Noct. ii. 258, 1058. 



South Africa. 





Country unknown. 



9. Microphysa contracta. 



Fuscescente -cinerea ; ala antica nigro-fuscce, fascia media lata 

 obliqua fusco cinerea albo marginata medio contracta, linea 

 submarginali albida subrecta ; posticce paullo pallidiores. 



Brownish cinereous. Abdomen a little paler than the thorax. 

 Fore wings blackish brown, with a broad oblique brownish cinereous 

 middle band, which is bordered with white, and is widened in front 

 and behind ; submarginal line whitish, almost straight. Hind 

 wings a little paler than the fore wings. Length of the body A\ 

 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



a, b. ■ ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



