LElMDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 845 



alee anticce subfalcatce, purpurascente suffusce, lineis dentatis 

 obscure fuscis^ fuse lis duabus auratis latis obliquisfusco mar- 

 ginatis, \a basali, 2a submarginali, margine exteriore flexo. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, paler beneath. Palpi obliquely as- 

 cending, nearly twice longer than the breadth of the head ; second 

 joint broadly fringed; third lanceolate, about half the length of the 

 second. Fore wings subfalcate, with a purplish tinge, with some 

 dentate transverse dark brown lines, and with two broad oblique 

 gilded bands, which are bordered with dark brown ; firsthand basal ; 

 second submarginal ; exterior border somewhat bent in the middle. 

 Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Plusiodonta tripartita. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi subascendentes, articulo 2o fimbriate, 

 3o lanceolato; alee anticce latce, acutce, plaga basali aurata 

 nigro marginatu, fascia marginali aurata nigro marginata 

 lineas duas nig r as angulosas includente, reniformi magna 

 nigro marginata, margine interiore basi dilaiata. 



Female. Cinereous-brown. Palpi slightly ascending, nearly 

 twice longer than the breadth of the head; second joint fringed 

 above and beneath ; third lanceolate, much more slender than the 

 second, and about half its length. Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs long, smooth, slender. Wings broad. 

 Fore wings acute, with a gilded black-bordered patch on the costa 

 near the base, and with a marginal gilded band which is narrower 

 and submarginal in front, and is bordered with black on the inner 

 side, and contains two zigzag black lines; reniform mark large, 

 distinguished by its black border; interior border dilated towards 

 the base. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Genus ERYSTHIA. 

 Eryslhia, Wlk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd. Ser. i. 93. 



ERYSTHIA OBL1QUATA. 



obliquata, Wlk, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd Ser. i. 94. 



