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CATALOGUE OF 



behind. Proboscis tawny. Palpi black above, with a white band 

 luteous beneath Antennae black. Thorax with two luteous spots 

 on each side, and with two black bands. Pectus with luteous hairs 

 Abdomen with a dorsal row of black spots. Legs luteous • tarsi 

 black, with white bands ; fore tibiae with a thick tuft of white hairs 

 > ore wings testaceous ; border mostly black, powdered with white" 

 edged within with white, and about the tips without also with red ' 

 disk beyond the middle with a green tinge ; a black discal white- 

 bordered spot ; three red subcostal spots, and one red posterior mar- 

 ginal spot ; under side testaceous, with two black spots and a black 

 band. Hmd wings testaceous, with a lunar discal black spot, and 

 a macular submarginal black band. Length of the body 8 lines • of 

 the wings 18 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



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



2. Ovios Sylvina 

 Mas. et foem. Cinerea; caput nigricans, luteo bimaculatum : 

 palpi lutei, vitta nigra ; antenna nigra ; thorax luteo sex ma- 

 culatus; abdominis segmenta luteo fasciata ; pedes luteo 

 Jasciati ; aim antica argenteo-albida, fasciis tribus angulosis 

 nigris maculaque discali nigro ex parte marginata rufa.apice 

 margme postico discoque ex parte fusco-cinereis ; posticcepal- 

 lidefuscce, fascia discali obscuriore. 





i. 



Phalaena Noctua Sylvina, Sloll. Suppl. Cram. Pap. Exot. 174, pi. 



Male and fern. Gray. Head blackish, with a luteous spot on 

 each side Proboscis tawny. Palpi luteous, with a black stripe 

 above. Antennae black, testaceous at the base. Thorax with three 

 luteous spots on each side. Abdomen with luteous bands on the 

 hind borders of the segments. Legs with luteous bands. Fore 

 wings silvery whitish, brownish gray at the tips, along the hind 

 border, and on part of the disk, adorned with three zigzag black 

 bands and with a red lunate discal spot, which is partly bordered 

 with black; cilia alternately luteous and gray; under side pale 

 shining brown. Hind wings pale shining brown, with a brown discal 

 band, which is much more apparent beneath, where the wings are 

 whmsh with brown borders; cilia white. Female.— Band of the 

 hind wings not apparent above. Length of the body 6—8 lines • of 

 the wings 18— 20 lines. J ' 



Var. /3. Male. Thorax white in front. 



