62! LEPirOPTERA HETEROCEBA. 



a little longer than the first; third very small. Antenna slender, a 



little more than half the length of the body, very slightly increasing: 

 in thickness foi three-quarters of the length, slightly tapering from 

 ther.ee to the tips. Abdomen rather slender, slightly tapering, ex- 

 tending very little beyond the hind wings in the male, shorter 

 in the female. Fore wings moderately long, subtriangular, slightly 

 rounded along the outer border. Hind wings a little broader and 

 much shorter than the fore wings, slightly rounded along the hind 

 border. 



Pais, Hub*. Verz. Schmett. 279, 



Biephiae Dub: a? Paides. 



Legs somewhat slender, slightly hairy: apical spurs of the 

 posterior tibiae and middle spurs of the hind tibiae rather long and 

 slender. 



1. Pais decora. 



thorax flam guttata ; abdomen fasciis interrupt; > 

 inticiF maculis fasciisque rufis et flaw 

 einetls. faseiaque apicali e guttis oblongis flams, subtus 

 ticaque rufit nigra marginal* flaw nonnunquam marginal*. 



Phalarna Noctaa decora, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 1068, 14: Mus. Lud. 

 Ulr. 17. 382. Pitiv. Alus. pi. 58, f. 7. Cram. Pap. EroL iii. 

 19, pi. 219, f. F. G. 



Bombyx decora, Fabr. Sp. Fns. ii. 186, 74 : If ant. Ins. ii. 1 17. 95 ; 

 It Syst. iii. 1, 441. 104: 

 ena Bombyz decora, Gmel. ed\ Syst. Xat. i. 5. 2409. do). 



Julia, Hub-}. Sammi. Exot. Schmett. i. Ltp 1, V. : 



ii. Semiyeom. riii. Brepha B. dubia. f. 1 — 4. 

 Phalsena Noctaa Julia, Cra^u Pup. Exot. i. pi. 7. f. E. F. 

 Pa's decora, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 279. 2744. 



Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 

 -. Ca pe. Presented by Major General Hardwicke. 

 /. Cape. Firm Mr, Milne's collection. 



a. Port Natal. From Dr. Kiauss' collection. 



South Africa. Presented by the late Earl of Deiby. 

 i.j. South Africa. Piesented I y Dr. A. Smith. 



Tribe 4. ZYGJENIDES. 



Prons squamosa. Palpi eyhudrici. barbati vel hitsuti. articulo 

 3o distinctissimo Dom unquam i udo. Antennas fusifonncs, nonnun- 



