LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1603 



rior line partly blackish, accompanied by some black points; sub- 

 marginal line pale, zigzag; discal point and marginal points black, 

 the former rather large. Fore wings acute, hardly falcate; costa 

 slightly convex ; exterior border hardly bent. Hind wings with the 

 exterior border slightly angular. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of 

 the wings 12 lines. 



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



AciDALIA DENTIGERATA. 



Mas. Albido-cinerea, nigro conspersa ; caput nigricante fasciatum ; 

 palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 3o minimo ; antenna pube- 

 scentes ; abdomen guttis dorsalibus nigricantibus ; tibice pos- 

 tica incrassata, non calcarata ; alee elongata, lineis quatuor 

 fuscis denticulatis, 4a valde interrupta, puncto discali punctis- 

 que marginalibus atris ; antica acuta. 



Male. Whitish-ciuereous, minutely black-speckled. Head with 

 a broad blackish band. Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint very minute. Antennae pubescent. 

 Abdomen with dorsal biackish dots, not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Hind tibiae incrassated, spurless. Wings elongate, with 

 four oblique denticulated brown lines ; first and second lines ap- 

 proaching each other in front, less concise than the third ; fourth 

 very incomplete; discal dot and marginal points deep black. Fore 

 wings acute; costa straight; exterior border hardly convex, very 

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



Cape. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



AciDALIA? DEMISSARIA. 



Mas. Testaceo-cinerea, caput antice fuscum ; palpi capitis latitu- 

 dine paullo longiores, articulo 3o lineari ; antenna late 

 pectinata ; tibice postica quadricalcarata, non incrassata ; 

 alee latiusculce, lineis duabus e punctis nigris, punctis mar- 

 ginalibus nigris, litura discali fusca elongata ; anticce acuta. 



Male. Testaceous-cinereous. Head brown in front. Palpi a 

 little longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint linear, shorter 

 and more slender than the second. Antennae broadly pectinated. 

 Hind tibiae slender, with four long spurs. Wings rather broad ; 

 interior and exterior lines composed of black points ; marginal points 

 black, very minute; discal mark brown, minute, elongated. Fore 

 wings acute; costa and exterior border very slightly convex, the 



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