LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1119 



ScAMBINA ALIENA. 



Mas. Cinereo-rufa ; alee anlicce lineis duabus angulatis basalibus 

 lineaque postica brevi arcunta cinereis, tinea antica obliqua 

 recta einerea nigricante marginata, plaga apicali obliqua cer- 

 vina nigra strigata, reniformi obliqua subclavata postice nigra f 

 punctis marginalibus nigris albo notatis ; posticce cinereo- 

 fusca. 



Male. Cinereous-red. Body beneath and legs cinereous. 

 Fore winjfs with two deeply dentate cinereous lines near the base ; 

 an inward-curved cinereous line extending from somewhat beyond 

 the middle of the interior border nearly to the reniform mark ; the 

 latter narrow, oblique, subclavate, its border a little darker than the 

 ground hue, except at its hind end, where it is partly black ; a 

 straight oblique cinereous line extending from a little beyond the 

 middle of the costa to the exterior disk, blackish-bordered on its 

 outer side ; an oblique fawn-coloured apical patch containing some 

 black streaks ; marginal points black, white-marked. Hind wings 

 cinereous-brown. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Eev. D. F. Morgan. 



SCAMBINA? LARVATA. 



Foem. Cinereo-rufa; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo 

 superantes, articulo 2o valido, So gracili lineari 2i dimidio 

 vix breviore ; alee nigro conspersa, linea einerea obliqua post 

 media subarcuata lituris nigris marginata, punctis marginali- 

 bus nigris ; anticce linea ante media einerea angulosa indis- 

 tincta postice abbreviata, macula costali nigra, reniformi 

 excavata fusco marginata, margine exteriore basi subconvexo. 



Female. Cinereous-red, mostly cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 squamous, obliquely ascending, rather longer than the breadth of 

 the head, rising a little higher than the vertex ; second joint stout; 

 third linear, much more slender than the second and nearly half its 

 length. Wings black-speckled, with a slightly curved cinereous 

 oblique postmedial line, which is bordered on the inner side with 

 black points in the fore wings, and with black dots in the hind 

 wings ; marginal points black. Fore wings with an indistinct zig- 

 zag antemedial cinereous line, which terminates in a black costal 



