LEPIDOPTERA HETERQCERA. 1197 



tlian the second. Antennae rather slender. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather slender ; spurs rather 

 long and slender. Wings broad, elongate. Fore wings acute ; 

 exterior border forming an obtuse angle at somewhat behind the 

 middle; second inferior vein much nearer to the first than to the 

 third; fourth very remote from the third. 



This genus has much resemblance to some of the Noctuites in 

 the structure of the palpi. 



SUMA INCONGRUALXS. 



Foem. Cinereo-fusca ; palporum articulus Sus basi apiceque cine- 

 reus ; aim anticce nigra eonspersa, linea basali undulata, linea 

 antemedia undulata alba marginata, linea submarginali angu- 

 losa interrupta albo marginata lunuluque marginalibus nigris, 

 orbiculari e puncto nigro, reniformi e lunula nigra ; posticce 

 fuscescente-einerea. 



Female. Cinereous-brown, more cinereous beneath. Third 

 joint of the palpi cinereous towards the base and at the tip. Abdo- 

 men and hind wings brownish cinereous. Fore wings black-speckled, 

 a black undulating line near the base ; a black undulating line 

 before the middle, bordered with white on the outer side ; a zigzag 

 interrupted and irregular submarginal black line, bordered with 

 white on the outer side ; marginal lunules black ; orbicular mark 

 forming a black point on the outer side of the first line ; reniform 

 represented by a slender black lunule on the outer side of the second 

 line. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



Genus GABERASA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Fasciculus frontalis productus. 

 Proboscis mediociis. Palpi arcuati, squamoso-hirsuti, verticem 

 longissime superanles ; articulus Sus 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae 

 pubescentes, setosae, breviusculae, sat graciles. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas paullo superans ; fasciculus apicalis mediocris. Pedes laeves, 

 breviusculi, sat robusti ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Alae anticae elon- 

 gatae, margine exteriore scisso antice subtruncato. 



Male. Body rather slender. Frontal tuft prominent. Pro- 

 boscis of the usual length. Palpi curved, squamous-hirsute to the 

 tips, more than twice longer than the breadth of the head, rising 



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