LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 1203 



these form two lines, which are much abbreviated towards the costa. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Natal. From Mr. Plant's collection. 



Genus SANACEA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Fasciculus frontalis productus. Pro- 

 boscis brevis. Palpi pubescentes, subascendentes, vix angulati, 

 capitis latitudine paullo longiores ; articulus 3us porrectus, linearis, 

 2o valde brevior. Antennae graciles^setosse. Abdomen alas posticas 

 longe superans; fasciculus apicalis longus, subcompressus. Pedes 

 laeves, longiusculi, sat graciles ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Alae an- 

 ticae latiuscula?, acuta?, costa basi subconvexa. 



Mole. Body slender. Frontal tuft prominent. Proboscis 

 short. Palpi pubescent, slightly ascending, extending much beyond 

 the head and a little longer than its breadth ; third joint porrect, 

 linear, much shorter than the second, with which it forms a very 

 slight angle. Antennae slender, setose. Abdomen long, lanceolate, 

 extending much beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft long, slightly 

 compressed. Legs smooth, rather long and slender ; spurs long, 

 slender. Wings ratber broad, not long. Fore wings acute; costa 

 very slightly convex towards the base ; exterior border convex, 

 moderately oblique ; second inferior vein a little nearer to the first 

 than to the third ; fourth remote from the third. 



Sanacea truncatalis. 



Mas.' Pallide cinereo-lutea, subtus vufo conspersa ; alee anticce 

 fasco conspersa, lineis duabus obliquis, \a mbrecla, 2a subun- 

 dulata, linea submarginali angulosa indistincta^ reniformi 

 magna indistincta ; posticee linea postmedia cinerea indislincta 

 subundulata. 



Male. Pale cinereous-luteous. Abdomen beneath and legs 

 minutely red-speckled. Wings with black marginal points ; under 

 side luteous, with two brown diffuse denticulated lines. Fore wings 

 with brown speckles, which are very thick in the middle ; two oblique 

 lines of the ground hue ; first antemedial, nearly straight; second 

 postmedial, slightly undulating ; submarginal line zigzag, indis- 

 tinct, of the ground hue; reniform mark large, indistinct. Hind 

 wings with an indistinct cinereous slightly undulating line beyond 

 the middle. Length of the body 6J lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



