LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 991 



second broad, angular on the outer side; third abbreviated hind- 

 ward, broadest on the costa, undulating on the outer side; orbicular 

 and reniform marks black, the first punctiform, the second forming 

 a transversely oblong ringlet. Hind wings with two diffuse slightly 

 undulating pale cinereous bands, the first abbreviated hindward. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



POAPHILA RE VERSA. 



Mas. Cervina ; caput et thorax anticus ochracea ; palpi vix as- 

 cendentes, caput paullo superantes, articulo k 2o subfimbriato, 

 3o lanceolate* ; pedes Iceves, graciles ; ala antica? lineis tribus 

 angulosis fuscis nigro punclatis, punctis marginalibus nigris, 

 reniformi sat parvafusco marginal a ; posticce fuscescentes. 



Male, Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Head and fore part of 

 the thorax ochraceous. Palpi very slightly ascending, extending a 

 little beyond tbe head ; second joint with a very short fringe ; third 

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

 Abdomen cinereous, extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, slender. Wings beneath with a brown lunule in the disk, and 

 with a broad brown marginal band. Fore wings acute, with three 

 brown zigzag lines, which contain some black points ; marginal points 

 black; renform mark brown-bordered, rather small. Hind wings 

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



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



POAPHILA AIARGINATA. 



Mas. Cervina, robusta; palpi porrecti, Jimbriati, caput longe 

 superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; antennce serratce, setosce ; 

 pedes validi, squamosi ; alee antica obscure cervina, fascia 

 media lata pallidiore cinereo-marginata, guttam fuscam in- 

 cludente ; anticce pallide cinereo-cervince, margine latissimo 

 cervino. 



Male. Fawn-colour, stout, paler and with a reddish tinge 

 beneath. Palpi porrect, fringed, extending, much beyond the head 

 and nearly as long as its breadth ; third joint lanceolate, about half 

 the length of the second. Antennae serrated, setose. Abdomen ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, squamous. 

 Fore wings hardly acute, dark fawn-colour, except a broad middle 



