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CATALOGUE OF 
the second. Antennse of the male incrassated towards the base. 
Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 
moderately broad, hardly acute ; costa very slightly convex ; exte- 
rior border convex, slightly oblique. 
41. Nephopteryx reductella. 
Mas et fcem. Cinerea ; caput et thoraxque rufescente-cinerea ; alts 
anticce nigro subconspersce , fascia interiore fusca nigro sub - 
marginata , line a exteriore fusca denticulata subundulata , 
spatio medio cano ; posticce ceneo-cinerece. 
Male and female. Cinereous. Head and thorax reddish cine- 
reous. Fore wings thinly black-speckled, with a brown partly 
black -bordered interior band, and with a brown denticulated 
slightly undulating exterior line; middle space hoary. Hind wings 
seneous-cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 
lines. 
a, b. Honduras. From Mr. Miller’s collection. 
Africa. 
42. Nephopteryx rubiginalis. 
Fcem. Rufescente-cinerea ; palpi lati , breves , subdecumbentes , 
subtus fimbriati , articulo 3 o minimo ; alee anticce latiusculce , 
subacutce , nigro subconspersce , rufo -purpuras cente varice , lineis 
duabus nigricantibus , la postice arcuata , 2a subundulata , 
costa nigro guttata , punctis marginalibus nigris ; posticce 
albido-cinerece. 
Female . Eeddish cinereous, stout. Palpi broad, pubescent, 
slightly decumbent, fringed beneath, much shorter than the breadth 
of the head ; third joint extremely minute. Antennae rather stout. 
Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings com- 
paratively broad. Fore wings slightly acute, thinly black-speckled, 
partly tinged with purplish red ; interior and exterior lines blackish ; 
first iine upright, curved hindward ; second oblique, slightly undu- 
lating; costa straight, with black dots; marginal points black; ex- 
terior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings 
whitish cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 
lines. 
a . Port Natal. From M. Guienzius’ collection. 
b . Cape. From M. Drege’s collection. 
