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Genus 20. SAFEA. 
Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevissiraa. Palpi la- 
biales oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo superantes, capitis lati- 
tudine breviores ; articulus 2us pilosus ; 3us longi-conicus. An- 
tennae glabrae, validae ; articulus lus crassus. Pedes lseves ; tibiae 
posticae robustae. Alae anticae longae, angustae, apice rotundatae, 
costa basi subconvexa, margiue exteriore sat obliquo. 
Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis very short. Labial palpi 
obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex, shorter 
than the breadth of the head; 2nd joint pilose; third elongate- 
conical, not more than one-third of the length of the second. An- 
tennae stout, smooth ; first joint very stout. Legs smooth, mode- 
rately long ; hind tibiae robust, with four long spurs. Wings 
elongate, narrow ; fringe long. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; 
costa slightly convex towards the base ; exterior border slightly con- 
vex, rather oblique. 
1. SaERA METAPELEELLA. 
Mas. Albida , nitens ; alee anticce nigro subconspersce , costa vitta- 
que discali informi pallide luteis ; posticae ceneo-fuscce,ji7n- 
bria alba. 
Male. Whitish, shining. Fore wings thinly and minutely 
black-speckled, pale luteous along most of the costa, and with an 
irregular pale luteous discal stripe. Hind wings brown, with an 
aeneous tinge ; fringe white. Length of the body 5 ? lines ; of the 
wings 12 lines. 
a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 
Genus 21. AEEQUIPA. 
Feem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi labiales 
porrecti, graciles, lanceolati, capitis latitudine fere duplo longiores. 
Pedes lasves, sat valide. Alae breviusculae, latiusculae ; anticse 
acutae, costa subrecta, margine exteriore subobliquo vix convexo. 
Female. Body rather stout. Proboscis obsolete. Labial 
palpi porrect, slender, lanceolate, nearly twice longer than the 
breadth of the head. Maxillary palpi more than one-fourth of 
the length of the labial palpi. Antennas slender. Abdomen ex- 
tending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, moderately 
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