. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. FID. 1.—Bittacii* .'/;/si, $ . For*-- and hindwing. I have seen only two specimens (males) of this very rare species. In the Seli/niim Collection, Bruxelles, is found one specimen (type- specimen), labelled Port Natal in the handwriting of H. A. FIG. 2.—Bittacus selysi, $ . Anal appendages (seen from side). The other specimen belongs to the South African Museum and was collected at ;«n, July, 1913 (W. Hni/jm-f/i, leg.). The latter specimen is the smaller. It is a very distinct spec

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. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. FID. 1.—Bittacii* .'/;/si, $ . For*-- and hindwing. I have seen only two specimens (males) of this very rare species. In the Seli/niim Collection, Bruxelles, is found one specimen (type- specimen), labelled Port Natal in the handwriting of H. A. FIG. 2.—Bittacus selysi, $ . Anal appendages (seen from side). The other specimen belongs to the South African Museum and was collected at ;«n, July, 1913 (W. Hni/jm-f/i, leg.). The latter specimen is the smaller. It is a very distinct species, easily recognisable by the colour, the shape and the neivature of the wings, but especially by the peculiar shape of the anal appendages of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]

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