LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



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The species in the following group differs somewhat from the 

 typical form of the genus. 



Group 6. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Caput brevi-conicum. Pro- 

 boscis inediocriter longa. Antennae graciles, subclavatae. Abdo- 

 men oblanceolatum, thorace duplo longius. Pedes sat graciles ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor breviusculis. Alae longiusculae, 

 sat angustae ; anticae apud costam rectae, vix acuminata?, margine 

 exteriore perobliquo, apud medium convexo, antice et postice exca- 

 vato ; posticae apice rotundatae, margine exteriore apud angulum 

 interiorem subemarginato. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Head short-conical. Pro- 

 boscis moderately long. Antennae slender, subclavate. Abdomen 

 oblanceolate, about twice the length of the thorax. Legs rather 

 slender ; hind tibiae with four rather short spurs. Wings rather 

 long and narrow. Fore wings straight along the costa, hardly acu- 

 minated ; exterior border very oblique, excavated on each side of 

 the middle, which is somewhat convex ; inferior veins much as 

 usual. Hind wings rounded at the tips ; exterior border slightly 

 emarginate towards the interior angle. 



10. Panacea confusa. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; caput et thorax vltta obscuriore ; abdo- 

 men subtus e maculis nigris bivittatum ; alee anticce lineis un- 

 dulosis obliquis obscurioribus, plaga costali magna guttaque 

 discali obscure fuscis; posticce ferrugineo-fuscce, fascia indis- 

 tincta obscuriore. 



Female. Brown, with a slight cinereous tinge, paler beneath. 

 Head and thorax with a darker middle stripe. Abdomen beneath 

 with two rows of black spots. Fore wings with indistinct un- 

 dulating oblique darker lines, with a large dark brown patch on the 

 costa, and with a dark brown discal dot, which is near the patch. 

 Hind wings ferruginous-brown, with an indistinct darker band. 

 Length of the body 12 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Genus 18. UNZELA. 



Corpus fusiforme, sat robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. 

 Antennae sat graciles. Abdomen thorace non duplo longius. 

 Pedes mediocriter validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor brevius- 



P3 



