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2. Penthimia vicaru. 



Nigra, vel femiginea ; aim antica maculata. 



Black, shining : head and chest convex, minutely striated : 

 scutcheon with a reddish ferruginous dot on each side and one at 

 the tip: fore-wings covered with ferruginous dots; their tips and 

 the hind-wings gray. Length of the body 2 — 2J lines ; of the wings 

 4—5 lines. 



Var. /3. Ferruginous: legs black: fore-wings pitchy, with lurid 

 marks ; tips lurid : hind-wings almost colourless. 



Var. y like var. ^ : legs and fore-wings feiTUginous ; the latter 

 mottled with brown. 



a—c. St. John's Bluff, E. Florida. Presented by E. Douhleday 

 Esq. 



3. Penthimia orientalis. 



Atra ; abdomen apice pedesque anteriores nonnunquam, rufo varia ; 

 al(e posticm fusca. 



Deep black, oval : head and chest convex, thinly punctured : 

 hind border of the breast red : fore-wings thickly punctured ; their 

 tips and the hind-wings brown. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of 

 the wings 7 lines. 



Var. /3. Abdomen red on each side towards the tip : anterior 

 shanks and feet mostly red. 



a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



b, c. ? 



4. Penthimia fulviventbis. 



Picea, sat longa ; abdomen stibtus fulvum ; tarsi postici fulvi ; 

 alee antica; apice fuscce limpido fasciata. 



Pitchy, rather long, almost elliptical : head and chest convex, 

 thickly and minutely punctured, with an indistinct longitudinal 

 ridge : chest slightly impressed on each side : hind border of the 

 breast tawny : abdomen beneath tawny, with a pitchy tip : hind-feet 



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