LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 735 



base ; fringe interlined with a brown festoon. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



«. Cape. From Mr. Tinmen' s collection. 



Hadena leonina. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi pubescentes, oblique ascendentes, 

 articulo 3o lanceolate ; alee anticce ceneo tinctce, venis albido 

 conspersis, lineis tribus cinereis latis denticulatis indistinctis, 

 linea. submarginali cinerea angulosa, orbiculari et reniformi 

 magnis cinereo marginatis ; posficce cinerece, subceneo mar- 

 ginal®. 



Female. Cinereous-brown, smooth, pale cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi pubescent, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the 

 vertex ; third joint lanceolate, about half the length of the second. 

 Abdomen cinereous, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout, hardly pilose ; spurs long, slender. Fore wings with an 

 aeneous tinge ; veins with some whitish speckles ; three broad indis- 

 tinct denticulated cinereous lines ; first line very near the base ; 

 second on the inner side of the orbicular ; third on the outer side 

 of the reniform ; submarginal line cinereous, zigzag, indistinct, 

 narrower than the others ; orbicular and reniform marks large, 

 cinereous-bordered, both deeply notched on the outer side ; three 

 cinereous costal points near the tip. Hind wings cinereous, with 

 an aeneous tinge towards the exterior border. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



Hadena contracta. 



Fcem. Fusca, cinereo conspersa ; palpi oblique ascendentes, arti- 

 culo 3o conico ; thorax nigro fasciatus ; alee anticce lituris 

 basalibus nigris, lineis duabus nigris cinereo marginatis, strigis 

 submarginalibus nigris, linea basali lineaque submarginali 

 interrupta cinereis, orbiculari et reniformi albido marginatis ; 

 posticm cinereo-fuscce. 



Female. Brown, speckled with cinereous, cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; second 

 joint stout, hirsute; third conical, very minute, not more than one- 

 eighth of the length of the second. Fore tegulae of the thorax with 

 a black band, which is curved on each side. Abdomen brownish 



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