LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 699 



encircled with whitish borders. Hind wings white. Length of the 

 body 6 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



b. ? 



Genus 37. ALOA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis mediocriter 

 longa. Palpi breves, validi, porrecti ; articulus 2us lo valde lou- 

 gior ; 3us conicus, minimus. Antennae breves, simplices, subsetosae. 

 Thorax pilis adpressis. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. 

 Pedes mediocriter longi et validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus 

 minutis apicalibus. Alas longiusculae, non latae. 



Body ratlier stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi short, 

 stout, porrect; second joint very much longer than the first ; third 

 conical, very minute. Antennae simple in both sexes, minutely se- 

 tose beneath, not more than one-fourth of* the length of the body. 

 Thorax smooth, with flat-lying hairs. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs moderately long and stout ; hind 

 tibiae with two minute apical spurs. Wings rather long, not 

 broad. Fore wings with the first and inferior veins almost con- 

 tiguous at the base ; third about eight times further from the 

 fourth than from the second. 



Africa. 



A. Alae anticae albae, fusco venosae. - simplex, Walk. 



B. Alas anticae testaceae maculis fasciaque fuscis, guttisque margi- 



nalibus nigris, ------ bifurca, Walk. 



C. Alae anticae roseo-albae, nigro strigatse et unifasciatae. 



delineata, Walk. 



D. Alae anticae fuscae, albo variae. - - raargiualis, Walk. 



1. Aloa simplex. 



Alba; caput fiavo-fasciatum ; palpi lutei, apice nigri ; antenna 

 nigra ; abdomen supra luteum, e maculis nigris trivittatum ; 

 femora supra lutea ; tibiee supra tarsique nigra ; ala? antica* 

 fusco venosce. 

 White. Head with a yellow band behind. Proboscis tawny. 

 Palpi luteous, black above and at the tips. Antennae black. Abdo- 

 men luteous above, with three rows of black spots. Legs white ; 

 femora luteous above ; knees and tibiae above, and tarsi black. 



