770 ADDENDA. 



discal spot ; under side reddish. Hind wings pale red. Female.- 

 Abdomen with black bands ; under side with a black stripe on each 

 side. Length of the body 7 — 9 lines; of the wings 16 — L8 lines. 



Var. j3. Fern. Fore wings red along the costa. 



a, b. Caffravia. From M. Becker's collection. 



c, d. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Genus EOLEPA. 



Corpus crassum. — Arctia. 

 Corpus gracile. — Bole pa. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi porrecti, 

 mediocriter longi, caput paullo superantes; articulus lus brevissi- 

 mus; 2us longus ; 3us minimus. Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, 

 thorace multo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. 

 Pedes sat graciles; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae 

 longiusculae, mediocriter lata? ; anticae apice subangulatae. 



Apparently allied to the Li thosii dee, and with some resemblance 

 to the Geometrites. Male. — Body slender. Proboscis very short, 

 not visible. Palpi porrect, moderately long, with short hairs, ex- 

 tending rather beyond the head; first joint very short; second long; 

 third very minute. Antennae moderately pectinated, very much 

 longer than the thorax. Abdomen extending as far as the hind 

 wings. Legs rather slender, with short hairs ; hind tibiae with four 

 long spurs. Wings rather long, moderately broad. Fore wings 

 almost straight along the costa, slightly angular at the tips, oblique 

 along the exterior border ; interior angle rounded ; first and second 

 inferior veins contiguous at the base ; third very near the second ; 

 fourth very remote. 



1. EOLEPA DELINEATA. 



Mas. Cervina ; thorax postice, abdomen subtus et pedes testa- 

 cea ; alee fascia lata marginali flava, fasciisque duabus angus- 

 tis arcuatis obliquis, una rufescente, altera alba ; anticce 

 fascia arcuata basim versus alba, maculisque duabus rufescen- 

 tibus, una discali, altera apicali. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Antennae whitish. Hind part of the 

 thorax, under side of the abdomen and legs testaceous. Wings 

 with two slender curved oblique bands (the one reddish, the other 

 white), which extend from the cosia at two-thirds and three-fourths 

 of the length of the fore wings to two-thirds and three-fourths of the 

 length of the interior border of the hind wings ; a broad gilded 



