LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1401 



53. ClDARIA PENETRATA. 



Obscure cervina; palpi breves, lati, rostriformes ; alec punctis mar- 

 ginnlibus nigris ; antica acuta, lineis denticulalis nigris, spalio 

 medio latissimo nigricante-fusco denticulate* extus albo mar- 

 ginato, plagis tribus exterioribus nigricante-fuscis, linea sub- 

 marginali pallide cinerea denticulata indistincta, striga apicali 

 lata albida obliqua ; postica cinerece, lineis nonnullis indis- 

 tinctis fuscescentibus denticulatis . 



Dark fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Palpi short, broad, ros~ 

 triform. Wings with black marginal points. Fore wings acute, 

 with several black denticulated lines; middle space blackish brown, 

 very broad, with denticulated borders, with a white line along its 

 outer side, which is prominent in the middle; an exterior band 

 indicated by three blackish brown patches; submarginal line pale 

 cinereous, denticulated, mostly indistinct ; a broad whitish oblique 

 irregular apical streak; exterior border slightly convex, rather 

 oblique. Hind wings cinereous, with some brownish indistinct 

 exierior denticulated lines. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



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



54. ClDARIA SMARAGDINATA. 



Mas. Smaragdino-viridis , subtus nigricante-cinerei ; palpi breves, 

 lati, rostriformes ; antenna? valida>, vix serrata?, fasciis quatuor 

 nigris valde excavatis, la basali, 2a albo rnarginata, 4a informi 

 intus albo marginata, striga discali lata nigra, fimbria nigra 

 guttata ; postica? cinerea, extus obscuriores. 



Male. Emerald-green, blackish cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 short, broad, rostriform. Antennas stout, very minutely serrated. 

 Fure wings elongate, hardly acute, with four irregular and much 

 excavated black bands; first band basal; second bordered wiih 

 white on both sides ; third containing a broad black streak ; fourth 

 bordered with white on the inner side, extending in patches to the 

 border; fringe with black dots; exterior border hardly convex, very 

 oblique. Hind wings cinereous, darker towards the exterior border; 

 marginal line black. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



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



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