732 CATALOGUE OF 



2a transversa, fimbria albido strigata, margine exteriore sub- 

 flexo ; posticce sordide cinerece ; quaiuor subtus pallide cinerece 

 rufescente conspersce. 



Male. Cinereous. Palpi obliquely ascending, rising as high 

 as the vertex; third joint conical, minute. Antennae smooth. 

 Thorax with a blackish stripe on each side. Fore wings tinged 

 with green, streaked with black ; a few irregular black whitish- 

 bordered lines; orbicular and reniform marks large, black-marked, 

 whitish-bordered } the first oblique, the second transverse; marginal 

 line black, whitish-bordered ; fringe with whitish streaks ; exterior 

 border slightly bent. Hind wings dingy cinereous, rather obtuse ; 

 exterior border hardly bent. Wings beneath pale cinereous, reddish- 

 speckled ; discal mark blackish. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



Hadena mamestroides. 



Foem. Cinerco-nigra ; palpi verticem paullo superantes, articulo 

 So longi-conico ; alee anticce orbiculari et reniformi lineisque 

 tribus flexis atris, linea submarginali cervina nndulata, 

 lituris nonnullis discalibus albidis parvis, punctis tribus 

 costalibus subapicalibus ; posticce. fuscescente-cinerece, basi 

 pallide cinerece. 



Female, Cinereous-black, dingy cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 rising a little higher than the vertex ; third joint elongate-conical. 

 Abdomen cinereous, with black crests. Tarsi with white bands. 

 Fore wings with the basal, interior and exterior lines deep black, 

 bent; submarginal line fawn-coloured, undulating; some small 

 white marks* near the orbicular and reniform, which are deep black 

 and irregular ; costa with three whitish points towards the tip. 

 Hind wings brownish cinereous, pale cinereous towards the base ; 

 under side with a blackish discal lunule, and with an exterior den- 

 tate brown line. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



