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cellular nervule of tlie liind-wings. Its very sliort palpi link it to 
Fentila^ but are liairy instead of smooth ; while its antenna, with their 
large broad club, differ much from those of both genera. The very 
hairy legs to some extent resemble those of Laclmocmma^ but the fore- 
tarsi of the male are of the ordinary non-articulate form, instead of 
being completely developed like those of the female, as in the latter 
genus. 
Three species are now recorded, all African. The type, A. Amazonia^ 
is ochre-yellow above and cream-colour below, without spots, but with 
the margins and neuration generally on both surfaces defined conspi- 
cuously with blackish. A. Nyassa, Hewits. (described in 1877), pre- 
sents a very different appearance above, being blackish with a common 
central white band, but beneath, though whiter, is not unlike Amazoula. 
This species has been taken by Mr. Selous on the Shashani River, and 
may perhaps extend south of the Tropic. A third species, A. inter- 
^posita, Butl. (described in 1 883), appears intermediate in character 
between the two, but nearer to A. Ny asset. 
A. Amazoula has a wide range in Eastern South Africa, from King 
"William's Town to Zululand, but is not known from beyond those 
limits. It is by no means of general distribution, but extremely local, 
keeping to certain spots of very limited extent. Its flight is exceed- 
ingly slow, weak, and near the ground, and it settles at very short 
intervals. 
232. (1.) Alaena Amazoula, Boisduval. 
Acrcea (Alcena) Amazoula, Boisd., App. Yoy. de Deleg. dans TAfr. Aust., 
p. 591, n. 60 (1847). 
Acrcea Amazoula, Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., i. p. iii, n. 71 (1862), and 
pi. 3, f. 3[c?], (1866). 
Ex}:). al.^ I I lin. — I in. 3 lin. 
J BlacMsh-broiun, rayed hetween nervures with yelloiv-ochreous ; in 
both wings a longitudinal disco-cellular ray, indistinct or obsolete near 
base, and a curved discal transverse row of 7-8 more or less acu- 
minate rays, of which the lowest (surmounting submedian nervure) is 
very much the longest, extending from just before posterior angle 
almost to base ; cilia whitish, with faint brownish interruptions at 
extremities of nervules. Under side. — Hind-iuing^ and narroiu costal, 
wide apiccd, and moderate hind-margined border of fore-iuing ivhite, ivith 
all the crossing nervures strongly defineel ivith Uach ; hind-margin edged 
with a black line. Fore-wing : field of wing pale yellow-ochreous ; 
subcostal and median nervures clouded with black from base ; extremity 
of discoidal cell closed by a black lunule. 
9 All the yellow-ochreous markings enlarged and confluent, occwpy- 
ing all the field except a narroiu hlackish border. Fore-iving : base very 
narrowly blackish ; costa rather broadty bordered as far as extremity 
