828 CATALOGUE OW 



subfimbriato ; ales nigricante reticulata, fatcia postmedia 

 obscure ochracea nigricante warginata, fimbria nigricante ; 

 alee anticce fascia obscuriore abbreviata antemedia, lineolis 

 duabus submarginalibus nigricantibus, margine exteriore 

 undulato. 



Female. Bright reddish ochraceous, very stout. Palpi ob- 

 liquely ascending, rising much higher than the vertex; second 

 joint lanceolate, with a short fringe above, shorter than the second. 

 Antennae stout. Abdomen elongate-conical, a little longer than the 

 thorax, extending much beyond the hind wings. Wings reticulated 

 with blackish ; an oblique dark ochraceous band beyond the middle, 

 bordered with blackish on both sides, broadest towards the costa of 

 the fore wings; fringe blackish. Fore wings with an incomplete 

 darker band nearer the base; two short oblique blackish lines 

 between the second band and the exterior border, which is undu- 

 lating ; three elongated pale ochraceous costal points near the tip. 

 Hind wings with a small vitreous spot in the disk. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



The stouter body and the band on the wings distinguish this 

 species from V. intermedia, 



a, b. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 

 c. Natal. From Mr. Plant's collection. 



VAKNIA JNjEQUALIS. 



Fcem. Ochraceo-rufa, crassa ; palpi verticem paullo superantes, 

 articulo So lanceolato ; abdomen alas posticas sat superans ; 

 alee basi pallidiores, lineis quatuor obliquis lineaque suhmar- 

 ginali tenuiore nigricantibus, margine exteriore subjlexo ; 

 antica apud costam nigricante suffusce, linea submarginali 

 abbreviata, linea brevi arcuata marginem exteriorem at- 

 tingente ; postica guttis duabus vitreis subcontiguis. 



Female. Ochraceous-red, very stout, Palpi smooth, slender, 

 obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex ; third 

 joint lanceolate, full half the length of the second. Antennas stout. 

 Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. Wings paler 

 towards the exterior border, with four blackish oblique lines, and 

 with a blackish more slender submarginal line ; exterior border 

 slightly bent. Fore wings suffused with blackish along most of the 

 length of the costa ; submarginal line extending from the interior 

 angle to half the breadth, and there ceasing ; a blackish curved line 

 extending from the middle of the exterior border and joining the 



