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CATALOGUE OF 
Male. Very pale cinereous fawn-colour. Fore wings with a 
very slight olive-green tinge, and with some black speckles, which 
are placed transversely and are obliterated hindward ; a large dif- 
fuse brown patch about the apical part of the costa. Hind wings 
very minutely brown-speckled. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 
wings 16 lines. 
a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 
Genus 14. HIBITA. 
Mas . Corpus crassum, pilosissimum. Proboscis obsoleta. 
Palpi porrecti, crassi, pilosissimi, capitis latitudine breviores. Ab- 
domen alas posticas superans; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes 
robusti, femoribus tibiisque pilosis, calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae 
elongatae, spissae, latiusculae, costa margineque exteriore perparum 
convexis, margine exteriore subtruncato. 
Male . Body thick, very pilose. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi 
porrect, thick, very pilose, shorter than the breadth of the 
head ; third joint minute, concealed by the hairs. Abdomen 
extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft very small. 
Legs stout; femora and tibiae pilose ; hind tibiae with four long 
spurs. Wings elongate, dense, comparatively broad. Fore wings 
hardly acute, very slightly truncated along the interior border ; costa 
and exterior border very slightly convex, the latter moderately 
oblique. 
1. Hibita arcturella. 
Mas. Ferruginea , sublus cinerascens ; alee antiece fusco con - 
spersce , costa nigricante conspersa , fascia media fusca obliqua , 
punctis luarginalibus nigricantibus ; posticce fusete. 
Male. Ferruginous. Abdomen and hind wings brown ; under 
side more cinereous. Fore wings with transverse brown speckles, 
the latter blackish along the costa ; a brown oblique incomplete 
middle band ; marginal points blackish. Length of the body 6 
lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 
Genus 15. ORYBA. 
Mas . Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi por- 
recti, lanceolati, capitis latitudine vix duplo longiores; articulus 
3us 2o non brevior. Antennae glabrae, graciles. Abdomen alas 
