748 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. White. Proboscis and antennae tawny. Palpi with 

 three black bands on the upper side. Thorax with a slight testa- 

 ceous tinge on each side. Prothorax with a black dot on each side. 

 Pectus with a black spot on each side. Abdomen with a row of 

 black dots on each side above and beneath. Tarsi tawny beneath ; 

 fore coxae red on the outer side; fore femora red above. Fore 

 wings with a slight testaceous tinge towards the base and along the 

 costa; veins white. Length of the body 5i lines ; of the win^s 17 

 lines. ° 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Kichardson. 



Genus 57. ANAXITA. 



Mas. Proboscis corporis dimidio brevior. Palpi longi, por- 

 recti, tiliformes ; articulus 2us lo multo longior; 3us 2i dimidio 

 longior. Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, corpore paullo breviores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Sexualia parva. Pedes lon- 

 giusculi, fere nudi; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor sat parvis. 

 Alae longiusculae. 



Male. Proboscis less than half the length of the body. Palpi 

 long, porrect, filiform ; second joint very much longer than the first ; 

 third more than half the length of the second. Antennae moderately 

 pectinated, about three-fourths of the length of the body. Abdomen 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings ; sexual appendages small. 

 Legs rather long, almost bare; hind tibiae with four rather small 

 spurs. Wings rather long. Fore wings slightly convex in front ; 

 discal fold indistinct ; first and second inferior veins connected at 

 the base ; third about four times further from the fourth than from 

 the second. Hind wings with the costal vein commencing at the 

 middle of the areolet; first and second inferior veins contiguous at 

 tbe base ; third about four times further from the fourth than from 

 the second. 



1. Anaxita decokata. 

 Late rufa ; caput et thorax nigro alboque varia ; palpi nigri ; 

 abdomen yitta dorsali interrupta nigra albido marginata, sub- 

 tus fasciis nigris-albisque, apice fusco ; pedes nigri, albo 

 viitati ; ala antica ochracew, basi rufce, albo ex parte margi- 

 nal, macula costali rufa, fasciis duabus discalibus striqisque 

 subapicahbus canis nigro marginalis ; posticce macula discali 

 strigisque apicalibus nigris. 



