mora, tibiae, and tarsi white at the base; hind legs long,
rather stout; hind femora with a luteous band; wings limpid, veins
black; halteres whitish, with piceous knobs. Length of the body 5 lines;
of the wings 7 lines.

Fam. LEPTIDAE, _Westw._

Gen. LEPTIS, _Fabr._

46. Leptis ferruginosa, _Wied._ See Vol. I. p. 118.

Gen. CHRYSOPILA, _Macq._

47. CHRYSOPILA VACILLANS, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Lutescens, capite nigro,
thorace subvittato, abdominis segmentis nigro fasciatis, alis
sublimpidis apud costam flavescentibus, venis fusco latissime
marginatis, stigmate nigro-fusco.

_Male and Female._ Lutescent. Head of the female black, shining; thorax
with two brown bands which are paler and indistinct hindward; abdomen
with a broad black band on each segment; tarsi blackish towards the
tips; wings nearly limpid, yellowish along the costa, veins exteriorly
with very broad brownish borders, stigma blackish brown. Length of the
body 3-1/2 lines; of the wings 6 lines.

Fam. BOMBYLIDAE, _Leach._

Subfam. THEREVITES, _Walk._

48. THEREVA CONGRUA, n. s. _Mas._ Nigra, glaucescente albo tomentosa,
albo pilosa, capite argenteo, thorace trivittato et bilineato, pedibus
nigris, femoribus albis, alis cinereis stigmate elongato venisque
nigris.

_Male._ Black, with glaucous-white tomentum and with white hairs. Head
silvery in front; thorax with three blackish brown stripes, the middle
one with a dark stripe on each side, broader and more distinct than the
lateral pair; abdomen beneath and legs black, femora white; wings grey,
with an elongated black stigma and black veins; halteres black. Length
of the body 5 lines; of the wings 8 lines.

Subfam. BOMBYLITES, _Walk._

Gen. ANTHRAX, _Fabr._

49. ANTHRAX PELOPS, n. s. _Mas._ Ferruginea, thoracis margine rufo
piloso, pectore abdomineque nigris, abdomine fasciis duabus, maculis
duabus apicalibus, plagaque ventrali subtrigona argenteis, alis
cinereis, basi costaque nigris.

_Male._ Closely allied to _A. Tantalus_. Dark ferruginous. Head above,
antennae, pectus, abdomen, and legs black; thorax bordered with red
hairs; pectus with a silvery dot on each side; abdomen with red hairs on
each side at the base, with two silvery bands, with two silvery apical
spots, and with a ventral, nearly triangular, silvery patch; wings
cinereous, black at the base and along five-sixths of the length of the
costa, veins and halteres black. Length of the body 8 lines; of the
wings 18 lines.