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Antennae stout, very minutely pectinated, hardly thicker at the tips, 
much longer than the thorax. Abdomen nearly cylindrical, much 
longer than the thorax, with a slight tuft at the tip. Legs stout ; 
hind tibiae somewhat pilose. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings 
with the second inferior vein further from the first than from the 
third, which is almost contiguous to the fourth ; second superior 
vein forked at much before half its length. 
1. Alonina Rygchiiformis. 
Fcem. Ferruginea ; palpi fulvi ; antennce rnfescentes ; fasciculus 
apicalis ex parte fulvus ; pedes rnfescentes , coxis femoribus- 
gue nigris , tibiis posticis nigris striga basali rufescente ; al<£ 
hyalino luridce , anticce apud costam rnfescentes , apice purpu- 
rascentes, fascia purpurascente rufo extus marginata. 
Female. Ferruginous. Palpi tawny. Antennae reddish. 
Apical tuft partly tawny. Legs reddish ; coxae and femora black ; 
hind tibiae black, with a reddish streak near the base ; spurs white. 
Wings hyaline, lurid. Fore wings reddish along the costa, purplish 
at the tips ; discal band slender, purplish, with a reddish outer bor- 
der. Length of the body 7\ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 
a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius’ collection. 
Genus 7. SANNINA. 
Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis vix conspicua. Palpi 
graciles, arcuati, acuminati, subnudi, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 
3us gracillimus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antenna? filiformes, sim- 
plices, sat graciles, apice acuminatae, thorace vix duplo longiores. 
Abdomen thorace duplo longius. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae 
longae, validae, pilosae; metatarsi postici pilosi. Alae angustae, 
opacae ; posticae basi limpidae. Fcem. P — Palpi paullo crassiores ; 
articulus 3us brevior. Abdomen thorace triplo longius. Tibiae 
posticae graciliores et multo breviores ; metatarsus posticus gracilis, 
non pilosus. Alae posticae limpidae, basi opacae. 
Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis almost obsolete. Palpi 
slender, curved, acuminated, obliquely ascending, almost bare; 
third joint very slender, just half the length of the second. An- 
tennae filiform", simple, rather slender, acuminated at the tips, nearly 
twice the length of the thorax. Abdomen about twice the length of 
the thorax. Legs slender ; hind tibiae long and stout, somewhat 
pilose, as is also the hind metatarsus. Wings narrow, opaque, squa- 
meous. Hind wings limpid at the base. Female P — Palpi a little 
