1604 CATALOGUE OF 



latter very oblique. Length of the body 5? lines; of the wings 

 1 4 lines. 



Cape. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



AciDALIA INSTRUCTATA. 



Mas. Pallide testaceo-cinerea ; caput antice nigrum; antenna 

 pubeseentes ; tibia postica subinerassata, non calcarata ; ala 

 nigro conspersa, lineis tribus denticuiatis subrectis spatioque 

 marginali obscurioribus, hoc lineam submarginalem pallidam 

 angulosam includente, puncto discali punctisque marginalibus 

 nigris ; anticce apice rotundata. 



Male. Pale testaceous-cinereous. Head black in front. An- 

 tennae minutely pubescent. Hind tibiae slightly incrassated, without 

 spurs. Wings very minutely black-speckled ; interior, middle and 

 exterior lines darker, denticulated, nearly straight ; marginal space 

 darker, including the pale zigzag submarginal line; discal point 

 and marginal points black; fringe long, full. Fore wings some- 

 what rounded at the tips; costa straight; exterior border convex, 

 moderately oblique. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



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



ACIDALIA DERASATA. 



Mas. Pallide cinerea, nigro conspersa; caput nigrum, vertice 

 albo ; antenna setulosa ; tibia pos tic a incrassata, non calca- 

 rata ; ala lineis duabus denticuiatis pallide fuscescentibus 

 valde indistinctis, linea submarginali angulosa pallida inde- 

 terminata, puncto discali punctisque marginalibus elongatis 

 nigris; antica subacuta. 



Male. Pale cinereous, very minutely black-speckled. Head 

 black; vertex white. Antennae minutely setulose. Hind tibiae 

 incrassated, without spurs. Wings moderately broad ; interior and 

 exterior lines pale brownish, denticulated, very indistinct; submar- 

 ginal line zigzag, very indistinct, a little paler than than the mar- 

 ginal space ; discal point and marginal points black, the former 

 rather large, the latter elongated. Fore wings slightly acute ; costa 

 straight ; exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



