174 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
wing-ribs and veins tawny ; poisers black. Length of the body 8 lines; of 
the wings 21 lines. 
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ANTHRAX RECTA. 
Nigra, fulvo-hirta, antennis nigris basi ferrugineis, pedibus nigris viridi 
aureoque micantibus, alis fuscis ad apices oblique limpidis. 
Black, clothed with bright deep tawny hairs: crown and sides of the 
peristoma beset with short black bristles; epistoma very prominent : first 
joint of the feclers dark ferruginous ; second pitehy ; first and second beset 
with short black bristles: abdomen obconical, very little shorter and 
broader than the chest: legs black, clothed with very short black hairs and 
bristles, adorned with green and golden lustre : wings colourless, dark brown 
on more than half the surface from the base ; the outline of this brown is 
nearly straight, very oblique, and extends from three-fourths of the length of 
the fore border to one-fourth of the length of the hind border ; wing-ribs 
and veins black; poisers tawny. Length of the body 5} lines; of the 
wings 14 lines. 
South America. 
ANTHRAX RESTITUTA. 
Nigra, fulvo-hirta, abdominis vittis fasciisque fulvo-pilosis, antennis nigris 
basi ferrugineis, pedibus nigris aureo-micantibus, alis fuscis ad apices 
oblique limpidis. ; 
Black, clothed with short bright deep tawny hairs : crown and sides 
of the peristoma beset with short black bristles ; epistoma very prominent: 
first and second joints of the feelers dark ferruginous, clothed with short 
black bristles : abdomen obconical, very little shorter and broader than the 
chest, clothed with bright short tawny hairs, which form a broad stripe on 
each side and extend in narrow bands along the hind borders of the seg- 
ments: legs adorned with golden lustre, clothed with very short black 
hairs and bristles: wings colourless, dark: brown on more than half the sur- 
face from the base ; the outline of this brown is nearly straight, very oblique, 
and extends from beyond two-thirds of the length of the fore border to one- 
third of the length of the hind border ; wing-ribs and veins black; poisers 
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