1 14 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescrihed Lepidoptera 



Bleptina intractalis. 



Fcem, — Ferrugineo-fusca, palpis longis arcuatis ascendentibus 

 pubescentibus articulo So lanceolate, pcdibus glabris, alis 

 anticis sat angustis apice rotundatis, lineis tribus pallidiori- 

 bus indistinctis denticulatis vix obliquis, spatio medio palli- 

 diore, reniformi nigricante antice attenuata, margine exteriore 

 vix oblique, alis posticis fuscescente cinereis litura discali 

 lineisque subtus conspicuis. 



Female. — Ferruginous-brown. Palpi compressed, pubescent, 

 curved, rising high above the head and longer than its breadth ; 

 3rd joint lanceolate, much shorter than the 2nd. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind-wings. Legs smooth. Wings rather 

 narrow. Fore-wings rounded at the tips, with thin, denticulated, 

 paler, indistinct, nearly upright lines ; space between the interior 

 and exterior lines mostly paler than the wings elsewhere ; reni- 

 form mark blackish, attenuated in front ; exterior border hardly 

 oblique; interior angle much rounded. Hind-wings brownish- 

 cinereous ; underside with a brown discal mark and with brown 

 denticulated exterior and sub-marginal lines. 



Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Cape, 



Bleptina "l frontalis. 



Mas. — Fusca, sat robusta, palpis ascendentibus longis com- 

 pressis arcuatis articulo So lanceolato, antennis glabris, alis 

 elongatis linea sub-marginali cinerea indistincta, alis anticis 

 apice rotundatis, lineis duabus obscure fuscis angulosis, 2a 

 cinereo-marginata, alis posticis cinereo-fuscis. 



Male. — Brown, moderately stout, mostly cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi smooth, compressed, curved over the head to the fore-border 

 of the thorax ; 3rd joint lanceolate, much shorter than the 2nd. 

 Antennae slender, bare. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind-wings. Legs smooth ; spurs long. Wings elongate, not 

 broad, with an indistinct cinereous sub-marginal line. Fore- 

 wings rounded at the tips ; costa hardly convex ; exterior border 

 convex, rather oblique ; interior and exterior lines dark brown, 

 zigzag, the latter cinereous-bordered* Hind-wings cinereous- 

 brown. 



Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Cape. 



