LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 733 



Hadena INSTRUCTA. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi sat graciles, oblique ascendentes, 

 verticem paullo superantes, articulo 3o lanceolato ; alee anticce 

 disco et apud margineyn exterior em fusco nebulosce, lineis 

 trihus cinereis nigro marginatis, la 2aque angulosis ; 3a flexa, 

 reniformi cinerea angusta non excavata, lunulis marginalihus 

 nigris ; posticce fuscescente-cinerece. 



Female, Cinereous-brown, brownish cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 lather slender, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the 

 vertex ; second joint slightly pilose ; third lanceolate, about half the 

 length of the second. Abdomen brownish cinereous, extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings irregularly clouded with 

 brown in the disk and about the exterior border ; three cinereous 

 black-bordered lines ; first and second lines zigzag ; first very near 

 the base ; second antemedial ; third forming an angle beyond the 

 reniform mark, which is cinereous, elongated and not excavated ; 

 orbicular cinereous ; a black streak behind these marks connecting 

 the second and third lines ; marginal lunules black. Hind wings 

 brownish cinereous. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



a. Cape. From Mr. Trimen's collection. 



Hadena rubescens^ 



Mas. Subrufescens ; palpi erecti, verticem paullo superantes, 

 articulo 3o lanceolato ; abdomen cinereum, fusco cristatum ; 

 alee anticce nigro subconspersce, plaga discali margineque exte- 

 riore saturation bus, litura basali atra undulata, lineis duabus 

 nigris interruptis, la subdentata, 2a flexa, lineolis tribus 

 intermediis costalibus, orbiculari et reniformi nigro marginatis, 

 la obliqua elliptica, 2a angusta excavata, linea submarginali 

 cinerea denticulata ; posticce cinerece, fusco marginatce. 



Male. Dull reddish, reddish cinereous beneath. Palpi erect, 

 pilose, moderately stout, rising a little higher than the vertex ; third 

 joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 very minutely setulose. Thorax with a narrow black band on the 

 fore tegulae. Abdomen cinereous, brown-crested, extending some- 

 what beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft quadrate. Tarsi blackish 

 above; their joints with cinereous tips. Fore wings slightly black- 



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