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CATALOGUE OF 
beyond the latter there is a slender oblique brown band, which is 
forked in front. Hind wings dingy whitish. Length of the body 
5J lines; of the wings 14 lines. 
Dasychira herbida. 
Mas. Viridescens , subtus albido-testacea ; palpi supra nigri- 
cantes ; abdomen albido-testaceum ; alee antica nigro - punc- 
tata, strigis transversis costalibus albidis ; posticce albido- 
testacea, fusco late marginata. 
Male. Greenish, whitish testaceous beneath. Palpi blackish 
above. Antennae blackish, with tawny branches. Abdomen 
whitish testaceous. Fore wings thinly flecked with black ; some 
transverse whitish marks along the costa. Hind wings whitish tes- 
taceous, with broad brown borders. Length of the body 10 lines • 
of the wings 22 lines. 
South Africa. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Dasychira ? perspicilla. 
Mas. Straminea ; ala antica plaga magna discali subocellari 
fusca nigro alboque lineata. 
Phalaena-Bombyx perspicilla, Stoll. Cram. Pap. Exot. 74, pi. 16, 
f. 3. 
Parathyris perspicilla, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. ( Phalana Vera Heraa 
Dilucida), 158, 1641. 
Surinam. 
Dasychira ? Netrix. 
Pallide lutea ; abdominis latera alba ; ala antica basi fasciisque 
duabus albis ; postica alba. 
Phalaena-Bombyx Netrix, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 35, pi. 307, f. B. 
Gynaephora Netrix, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett . ( Phalana Vera Dasy- 
chira Colorata ), 161, 1673. 
Surinam. 
