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rounded ; second inferior vein about equidistant between the first 

 and the third ; third about thrice further from the fourth than from 

 the second. 



1. SECUSIO STHIGATA. 



Lulea ; caput et thorax fusca, ilium apud oculos testaceum subtus 

 albidum ; palpi basi albidi ; proboscis testacea ; antenna 

 nigra: abdomen subtus e guttis nigris bivittatum ; alee antica 

 supra cervina, fascia obliqua discali maculari alba. 



Pale luteous. Head and thorax brown ; head luteous about the 

 eyes, whitish beneath. Palpi at the base whitish. Proboscis testa- 

 ceous. Antennae black. Thorax with two testaceous stripes on 

 each side, and in front with a testaceous circlet on each side. Ab- 

 domen with a row of black dots on each side beneath. Fore wings 

 fawn-colour above, with an oblique white discal band which is com- 

 posed of three or four spots. Length of the body b\ lines ; of the 

 wings 15 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



b. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Genus 135. PETOVJA. 



Corpus sat gracile, mediocriter longum. Palpi brevissimi. 

 Proboscis brevis. Antennae maris mediocriter pectinatae, fcemina 

 simplices, corporis dimidio breviores. Abdomen sensira attenuatum, 

 alarum margines posticos non attingens. Pedes graciles ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus duobus apicalibus parvis. Alae latiusculae, non 

 longae ; anticae ad costam rectae, apice anguiosae, apud marginem 

 apicalem valde obliquae, angulo postico subrotundato, venis tribus 

 inferioribus. 



Approaches the Geometrides. 



Body rather slender, of moderate length. Palpi very short. 

 Proboscis short. Antennae of the male moderately pectinated,, of the 

 female simple, less than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 tapering slightly from the base to the tip, not extending so far as 

 the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind tibiae with two short apical 

 spurs. Wings rather broad, not long. Fore wings straight in front, 

 angular at the tips, very oblique along the apical border; hind angle 

 somewhat rounded ; three inferior veins, second much nearer to the 

 first than to the third. 



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