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slightly taper. Abdomen compressed, rather lone*, nearly linear, 

 much narrower than the thorax, extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Fore wings subtriangular, slightly rounded in front, and 

 along the outer border, straight behind. Hind wings slightly 

 rounded behind and at the tips, broader and much shorter than the 

 fore wings. Legs of moderate length ; femora, tibiae and hind tarsi 

 thickly fringed with long hairs. Much resembles some of the 

 Noctuidce. 



1. Metagaeista tripelenoides. 



Fusco-ferruginea ; alee anticee albo conspersce et subfasciatce, strigis 

 cyaneis et testaceis arcuatis ornatee, subtus fasciis duabus 

 fuscis unaque intermedia alba ; posticee luteee, fusco margi- 

 natce. 



Head and thorax clothed with ferruginous and testaceous hairs. 

 Palpi, abdomen, and legs with luteous hairs. Antennae piceous. 

 Fore wings brownish ferruginous, partly powdered with white, which 

 forms an imperfect band beyond the middle; two blue semicircles 

 resting on the hind border, curved towards each other, and with 

 a blue streak between them, the first extends to the fore border, near 

 which are two testaceous rings, each including a blue mark, and 

 there is a third blue spot nearer the tip; under side with a brown 

 dot in front, and beyond it two brown nearly upright bands, includ- 

 ing a white band. Hind wings luteous, with brown borders. Legs 

 testaceous ; fore tarsi piceous. Length of the body 13 lines ; of the 

 wings 30 lines. 



a. Ashauti. From the collection of the Wesley an Missionary 

 Society. 



b. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 14. PAIS. 



Caput parvum. Oculi mediocres. Proboscis brevis. Palpi 

 sat longi, vix pilosi, caput multo superantes ; articulus 2us lo 

 paullo longior ; 3us minimus. Antennae graciles, corporis dimidio 

 paullo longiores, extrorsum subcrassiores, quadrario apicali at- 

 tenuato. Abdomen gracile, subattenuatum. Alae anticae mediocres, 

 subtrigonae. Pedes sat graciles, subpilosi; tibiae calcaribus elon- 

 gatis. 



Head small. Eyes of moderate size. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 rather long, hardly hairy, rising much above the head ; second joint 



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