LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 11*27 



more than one-third of the length of the second. Antennae slender. 

 Legs smooth, rather stout; spurs long. Wings elongate, rather 

 narrow. Fore wings rectangular at the tips ; hind part of the exterior 

 border very oblique; discal fold very distinct; second inferior vein 

 much nearer to the first than to the third; fourth remote from the 

 third. 



MAGULABA MCESTALIS. 



Foem. Ferrugineo-fusca ; alee lineis duabus fuscis postmediis 

 obliquis angulosis ; anticce linea fusca antemedia angulosa, 

 lineola longitudinali valde undulata punctitque duobus exte- 

 rioribus albis,strigis trlbus obliquis lineaque exteriore costali- 

 bvs nigricantibus ; posticce puncto antemedio albo transverso 

 elongato. 



Female. Ferruginous- brown, cinereous-brown beneath. Wings 

 with two slender brown zigzag oblique postmedial lines; marginal 

 festoon brown. Fore wings with an antemedial zigzag brown line ; 

 a short slender longitudinal deeply undulating white line in the 

 disk and two exterior white points; three short blackish oblique 

 costal streaks; a blackish line along the apical part of the costa 

 containing four whitish points. Hind win^s with a transversely 

 elongated white point in the disk before the middle. Wings beneath 

 with more conspicuous white marks. Length of the body 3J lines ; 

 of the wings 9 lines. 



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



Genus iEGARA. 



Fcem. Corpus laeve, sat robustum. Palpi graciles, squamosi, 

 subarcuati, verticem longissime superantes; articulus 2us supra 

 fimbriatus ; 3us lanceolatus, 2o valde brevior. Antennae setosae. 

 Abdomen alas posticus vix superans. Pedes glabri, graciles ; cal- 

 caria longa, gracilia. Alee anticae elongata?, subfalcatae, margine 

 exteriore subiiexo; posticae margine exteriore subdentato. 



Female. Body smooth, rather stout. Palpi slender, squamous, 

 slightly curved, much longer than the breadth of the head and 

 rising very high above the vertex ; second joint fringed above, except 

 I towards the tip ; third lanceolate, much shorter than the second. 

 Antennae setose. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs smooth, slender; spurs long, slender. Wings elongate, mode- 

 rately broad. Fore wings subfalcate, acute; exterior border slightly 

 bent in the middle ; discal fold distinct ; second inferior vein as near 



