LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCEBA. 867 



and minutely black-speckled, with three zigzag almost obsolete 

 brownish lines. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 24 

 lines. 



Amazon Eegion. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus MAUNA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Fasciculus frontalis productus. 

 Proboscis mediocris. Palpi porrecti, usque ad apices pilosi, caput 

 sat superantes ; articulus 3us lanecolatus, 2i dimidio brevior. 

 Antennae subserratae. Abdomen cariuatura, alas posticas paullo 

 superans ; fasciculus apicalis minimus, compressus. Pedes laeves, 

 graciles ; calcaria longa. Alae anticae acutae, sat angustae, mar- 

 gine exteriore recto sat obliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Frontal tuft prominent. 

 Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi porrect, pilose to the tips, 

 extending somewhat beyond the head, but not longer than its 

 breadth ; third joint lanecolate, less than half the length of the 

 second. Antennae minutely serrated. Thorax with long hairs 

 extending beyond the base of the abdomen. Abdomen smooth, 

 ridged, extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft com- 

 pressed, very small. Legs, smooth, slender; spurs long. Fore wings 

 acute, rather narrow ; exterior border straight, rather oblique ; 

 second inferior vein nearer to the third than to the first, which is 

 close to the discal fold of the wiug. 



Mauna acuminata. 



Mas. Rufescens ; abdomen cinereum ; alee posticce albido-cinerece, 

 dimidio exteriore nigricante-cinerece. 



Male, Reddish, pale cinereous beneath. Abdomen cinereous, 

 shining. Hind wings whitish cinereous ; more than half the exterior 

 surface, excepting the fringe, blackish cinereous. Length of the 

 body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. South Africa. From Mr. Trimen's collection. 

 h. Cape. Presented by R. W. Townsend, Esq. 



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