LEPIDOPTEKA HETEEOCERA. 429 



Female, White, slightly and thinly grey-speckled. Head 

 with a broad black band. Third joint of the palpi a little longer 

 than the second. Abdomen crested. Fore legs black above. Wings 

 with an exterior black undulating dentate line; submarginal line 

 obsolete; marginal points black, minute; under side with a very 

 incomplete black marginal band, which is much abbreviated hind- 

 ward in the fore wings, and forms two distinct spots in the hind 

 wings. Fore wings with an interior black hardly undulating line 

 and with a slender brown discal streak. Hind wings crested, ex- 

 tending much beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 16 lines 



This species differs especially from the preceding one in the 

 form of the exterior line. 



a. Port Natal. From M. GueinziuV collection. 



4. Hypocheoma commutata. 



Foem. Alba, viridi conspersa; caput fascia nigra lata concisa ; 

 palporum articulus Sus 2o longior ; abdomen nigricante cris- 

 tatum ; alee linea exteriore dentata undulata viridescente 

 nigra, spatio exteriore rufo consperso, linea submarginali sub- 

 obsoleta, subtus basi lutecs fascia lata nigra ex tus excavata ; 

 anticce linea interiore angulata strigaque discali tenui viri- 

 dibus, striga discali subtus lata nigra ; posticce cristatce. 



Female. White, minutely green-speckled. Head with a broad 

 black band, which is concise in front. Third, joint of the palpi a 

 little longer than the second. Abdomen with blackish crests. An- 

 terior legs black above. Wings with an exterior greenish black 

 undulating dentate line, beyond which there is a red-speckled space; 

 submarginal line nearly obsolete ; marginal points black; under 

 side luteous towards the base, with a thick black discal streak in the 

 fore wings, and with a broad black complete band, which is exca- 

 vated on the outer side. Fore wings with an interior green angu- 

 lar line, and with a slight green discal streak. Hind wings crested, 

 extending much beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 6-J- 

 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



This species and H. perfectaria and H. communicans seem to 

 have had a common origin ; it hardly differs from H. perfectaria 9 

 except in colour and in the band of the head. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



