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one-fourth of the hind border ; there are also two brown spots, one at the 
base of the tip cross*vein, the other at the base of the inner vein of the third 
submarginal areolet ; wing-ribs, veins and poisers black. Length of the 
body 24 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 
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ANTHRAX ANTECEDENS, Fem. 
Nigra, nigro-setosa, pedibus fulvis, femoribus nigris, alis limpidis basi 
Suseis fusco trimaculatis. 
Black, rather thickly beset with black bristles which form a fringe in 
front of the chest; sides clothed with gray hairs: abdomen nearly elliptical, 
a little shorter than the chest: legs dark tawny, beset with black bristles ; 
thighs black ; feet pitchy towards the tips: wings colourless, dark brown 
from two-thirds of the fore border to one-fourth of the hind border ; the out- 
line of the brown is irregular, and in its upper course it is deeply indented 
by the colourless part ; there are three brown spots on the cross-veins and of 
these the middle spot is in one wing attended bya satellite ; wing-ribs and 
veins black; poisers tawny with pitchy knobs. Length of the body 3 
lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
United States. 
ANTHRAX AustTRALIs, Saunders MSS., Fem. 
Nigro-fusca, nigro-hirta, thoracis lateribus posticis ferrugineis, abdominis 
lateribus albo bifasciculatis, antennis pedibusque nigris, alis nigro- 
fuscis, guttis apice margineque postico interrupte sinuato-limpidis 
Suseo quinque-maculatis. 
Very dark brown, clothed with black hairs: sucker and feelers black : 
sides of the bind part of the chest very dark ferruginous, beset with a small 
tuft of black bristles: abdomen a little shorter than the chest, slightly in- 
creasing in breadth from the base to the almost truncated tip, fringed with 
black hairs on each side which is adorned with two tufts of white hairs, 
one at the base, the other near the tip: legs black or pitchy, armed with 
black spines; feet clothed with very short black hairs: wings very dark 
brown ; borders of the cross-veins almost colourless ; a colourless spot beneath 
the fore border near the tip, from which to far beyond half the length of the 
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