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CATALOGUE OF 
Genus 25. ZONXLIA. 
Corpus robustum, fusi forme. Caput magnum, prominens, co- 
nicum. Proboscis longiuscula. Antennae setaceae, tborace non 
breviores. Abdomen thorace non duplo longius. Pedes longi, gra- 
ciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longiusculis. Alae sat 
longae, mediocriter latae ; auticae subacuminatae, apud eostam rectae, 
margine exteriore mediocriter obliquo vix convexo; posticae apice 
rotundatae, margine exteriore apud angulum interiorem vix emargi- 
uato. Mas . — Antennae serratae. Fcem. — Antennae breviores, sim- 
plices. 
Zonilia, Boisd. MSS. 
Nephele, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 133. 
Body stout, fusiform. Head large, prominent, conical. Pro- 
boscis rather long. Antennae setaceous, full as long as^ the thorax. 
Abdomen rather less than twice the length of the abdefeen. " Legs 
long and slender; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. Wings 
moderately long and broad. Fore wings slightly or hardly acumi- 
nated, straight along the costa ; exterior border entire, moderately 
oblique, hardly convex. Hind wings somewhat rounded at the tips ; 
exterior border very slightly emarginate towards the interior angle. 
Male. — Antennae serrated. Female . — Antennae simple, a little 
shorter than those of the male. 
Africa. 
1. Zonilia viridescens. 
Olivaceo-viridis aut viridi-cervina ; caput subtus album ; an - 
tenure apices versus albidae ; abdominis laiera maculis trans- 
versis alternis nigricantibus albidisque ; alee anticce f asciis 
undulalis obliquis fuscis , nonnunquam apices versus fuscce 
striga arcuata discali argentea ; posticae apud marginem exte~ 
riorem fuscce. 
Dull olive-green. Head white beneath. Antennae whitish 
towards the tips. Sides of the abdomen with alternate paler or 
whitish and blackish large transverse spots. Fore wings with some 
undulating oblique brown bands. Hind wings brown along the ex- 
terior border. Length of the body 16 — 18 lines; of the wings 
30 — 34 lines. 
Var. /3. Fore wings brown, except the basal half. 
