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688 CATALOGUE OF 



Fore wings shining, silky, with very pale brown streaks between the 

 veins. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



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



b. Cape. From M. Becker's collection. 



2. Antheua tricolor. 



Mas. Flava ; abdomen luteum, maculis lateralibus nigris ; aim 

 anticce macula discali atomaria fusca, subtus posticaque 

 cinereae. 



Male. Yellow. Head in front and about the base of the an 

 tennae luteous. Palpi, pectus and legs brown. Antennae tawny, 

 Abdomen luteous, with a stripe of black spots along each side ; un 

 der side cinereous. Fore wings with a discal spot composed of 

 brown flecks; under side cinereous. Hind wings dark cinereous, 

 rather paler beneath. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 

 20 lines. 



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



Genus 36. ECPANTHERIA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi brevis- 

 simi ; articulus 3us acuminatus, minimus. Abdomen alas superans. 

 Pedes validi ; tibia? posticae calcaribus minutis apicalibus. Alas 

 mediocriter latae; anticae posticas longe superantes. 



Mas. Antennas serratae. Alae posticae saepissime breves non- 

 nunquam subcaudatae. Farni. — Antennae simplicis, non serratae. 



Ecpantheria, Hilbn. Verz. Schmett. 183. 

 Phalaena Bombyx, p., Cram. ; Stoll. 

 Bombyx, p., Fabr. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi very short ; 

 third joint acuminated, very small. Abdomen extending more or 

 less beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; hind tibiae with minute 

 apical spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings very much 

 longer than the hind wings ; second inferior vein about twice 

 further from the third than from the first ; fourth more than four 

 times further from the third than the third is from the second. 



Male. Antennae serrated. Hind wings generally short ; the 

 interior angle dilated in some species, and forming a short tail. 

 Fern. — Antennae simple, not serrated. 



