438 NOCTUID^. 



antemedial line, the cell with hlack patch between the stigmata, 

 black-brown suffusion below end of cell and beyond the cell to 

 subterminal line from costa to vein 2 ; subbasal line represented by 

 slight dark marks below costa and cell ; antemedial line blackish 

 slightly defined by grey on inner side, oblique fx-om costa to sub- 

 median fold, then slightly waved ; claviform large, black ; orbicular 

 and reniform grey slightly defined by black and with brownish 

 centres, the former irregularly rounded, the latter elliptical ; a 

 slight blackish spot on middle of costa; postmedial line blackish 

 slightly defined by grey on outer side, minutely waved, excurved 

 from costa to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond it on 

 costa ; subterminal line whitish, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, 

 then minutely waved, excurved to vein 3, then slightly incurved ; 

 a terminal series of slight black lunules ; cilia brownish grey with 

 brown line near base. Hind wing white slightly tinged with brown 

 in parts, the veins brown ; a fine waved brown terminal line ; cilia 

 with a brown line through them except towards torn us ; the under- 

 side with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal 

 lunule and postmedial line from costa to vein 6. 



Hah. Transvaal, White R. {A. T. CooJce), 1 (S type. Exp. 

 36 millim. 



Sect. III. Antennae of male with long fasciculate cilia ; palpi with the 3rd 

 joint long. 



3277. Sidemia contecta. 



Dyschorista contecta, Grses. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1892, p. 310 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. 

 pal. p. 205. 



(S . Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with reddish brown ; 

 palpi and lower part of frons white, the former with fuscous marks 

 at sides ; antennae white ; pectus and legs white, the fore and mid 



Fig. 82. — Sidemia contecta, (^ . \. 



tibiae and the tarsi banded with pale fuscous; abdomen white 

 slightly tinged with brown. Eore wing ochreous white slightly 

 tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown ; subbasal line indis- 

 tinct, dark, angled outwards in cell and ending at submedian fold ; 

 antemedial line rather strong, blackish, almost evenly curved, not 

 reaching inner margin ; orbicular a small whitish lunule defined by 

 black, concave towards base ; reniform narrow, with brown centre 

 and white annulus defined by black; a diffused medial line oblique 

 from costa to lower angle of cell ; Ihe veins beyond the cell slightly 



