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whitish hairs towards the base. Tibiae and tarsi brown. Fore wings 

 ferruginous, sprinkled with testaceous atoms, adorned with three red 

 large transverse spots with brown borders, and sprinkled with pale 

 yellow atoms ; the first at the base, the second very little before the 

 middle, extending nearly across the wings, slightly concave on part 

 of the outer side ; the third less than half the breadth of the wing. 

 Hind wings pale red, with broad brown borders. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Genus 69. PITTHEA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile, mediocriter longum, fere lineare et 

 cylindricura. Palpi validi, capite breviores ; articulus 3us conicus, 

 gracilis, 2o quadruplo brevior. Antenna? sat late pectinatae. Abdo- 

 men alas posticas non superans. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae cal- 

 caribus duobus longis. Alas latiusculae, non longae ; anticae vix an- 

 gulatae, venis tribus inferioribus. 



Male. Body rather slender, of moderate length, nearly linear 

 and cylindrical. Palpi stout, shorter than the head; third joint 

 conical, slender, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennas rather deeply pectinated. Abdomen not extend- 

 ing beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind tibiae with four 

 long spurs. Wings rather broad, not long. Fore wings hardly an- 

 gular behind ; three inferior veins, second nearly twice further from 

 the third than from the first. 



1. PlTTHEA CONTINUA. 



Nigro-fusca ; palpi pedesque subtus albi ; alee anticce fiavo bifas- 

 ciatcc ,• posticce Jlavo unifasciatce. 



Blackish brown. Head white in front. Palpi and legs white 

 beneath. Proboscis black. Fore wings with two slightly oblique 

 yellow bands, the first entire, before the middle ; the second abbre- 

 viated, beyond the middle. Hind wings with one yellow upright 

 band which is attenuated hindward and forms a continuation with 

 the first fore band. Length of the body 6 — 6 J- lines ; of the wings 

 14 — 16 lines. 



a. Ashanti. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society's collection. 

 c — e. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Eev. D. F. Morgan. 



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