LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1399 



48. ClDARIA MERIDIONATA. 



Foem. Fvsca ; palpi pilosi, rosiri formes ; alee latiusculce ; anticce 

 vix acutce % lineis nonnnllis niyricantibus denticulatis indis- 

 tinctis, costa basi subconvexa ; posticce lituris nullis. 



Female. Brown. Palpi pilose, acute, rostriform, shorter than 

 the breadth of the head. Win^s rather broad. Fore wings hardly 

 acute; basal space and exterior space with some indistinct blackish 

 denticulated lines; costa slightly convex towards the base; exte- 

 rior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings with- 

 out markings. Length of the hody 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



49. ClDARIA PUDICATA. 



Mas et foem. Saturate roseo-rufa ; palpi lati, disjuncti, brevis- 

 simi ; antennce maris valid ce, Iceves ; alee elongatce ; anticce 

 vix acutce, lineis tribus obliquis subparallelis e punctis albidis, 

 fimbria schistacea nitente ; postices ochracece, linea marginali 

 saturate roseo-rufa. 



Male and female. Deep rosy red. Palpi broad, very short, 

 apart from each other ; third joint extremely small. Anttnna? of 

 the male stout, simple. Wings elongate. Fore wings hardly acute, 

 with three oblique nearly parallel lines of whitish points ; first and 

 second lines interior; third line exterior; fringe slaty, shining ; ex- 

 terior border very oblique. Hind wings ochraceous, with a mar- 

 ginal deep rosy red line ; fringe slaty towards the tip. Length of 

 the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



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

 b — y. South Africa. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq. 

 h. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 

 i. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



50. ClDARIA LATICINCTATA. 



Fcem. Cervina; palpi breves, lati, pilosi, rostriformes, subdecum- 

 bentes ; alee anticce acutce, ferruyineo conspersce, lineis duabus 

 nigris, \a angulata, 2a denticulata angulum acutum extus 

 emittente, punctis margin'alibus nigris, costa subconvexa ; pos-' 

 ticce albidce, gutta discali fasciaque submarginali fuscis. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Palpi broad, short, pilose, rostriform, 

 slightly decumbent. Wings beneath whitish, with a browu discal 



