58 Mr. W. W. Saunders on the 



VI. On the Transformations of Natal Lepldoptera. Bi/ 

 W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., &c. &c. 



[Read June 2ad, 1856.] 



The accompanying drawings of the transformations of several 

 species of Lepidoptera from S. E. Africa were made by Mr. R. W. 

 Plant, of Natal, so well known as a collector of objects of natural 

 history. The drawings were accompanied with very scanty 

 details regarding the habits and economy of the species depicted ; 

 still I think they may be useful to Entomologists, and I therefore 

 beg to lay them before the Entomological Society as a slight con- 

 tribution towards the history of the Lep'idoplera of S. E. Africa, 

 The species of Leheda, Walk., which is figured, appears new to 

 science, and the following are the characters of it, which have 

 been kindly contributed by Mr, Walker. 



Leheda cuneilinea, Walker. 



Foem. Cinereo-fusca ; antennae late pectinatae ; abdomen cer- 

 vinum ; alae anticae cervinae, cinereo-subfasciatae, guttis 

 discalibus lineaque exteriore transversa angulosa nigris tes- 

 taceo-marginatis ; posticee cervinae. 



Female. — Cinereous brown. Antennae deeply pectinated. Ab- 

 domen and wings fawn colour ; fore wings with two indistinct, 

 incomplete and diffuse cinereous bands, with a few black dots, and 

 with one testaceous dot in the disk, and with an exterior trans- 

 verse oblique zigzag black testaceous bordered line. Wings be- 

 neath pale fawn colour, with two distinct regular complete darker 

 bands. 



Length of the body, 21 lines; of the wings, 48 lines. 



There are two other African species of this genus, L. contraria 

 and L. bipars ; and L. cuneilinea is nearly allied to, but distinct 

 from, the former, which inhabits West Africa. 



