1724 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Cinereous-brown, stout. Palpi not extending beyond 

 the front. Legs stout; spurs very long. Wings elongate, slightly 

 clouded, minutely black-speckled; interior and exterior lines black, 

 denticulated, irregular, slightly undulating; interior line partly 

 dilated ; some indistinct lines between the interior line and the base ; 

 marginal points black ; exterior border convex, very slightly dentate ; 

 under side without any distinct markings. Fore wings hardly acute, 

 with a slight pale reddish tinge at the base; exterior border very 

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



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



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SCOTOSIA LUCIDISCATA. 



Fcem. Ochracea, subtus albido-cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, 

 fiinbriati, verticem non superantes ; alee latiusculce, nigro con- 

 spersce, macula discali punctisque marginalibus nigris ; anticce 

 acutce, lineis duabus nigris Jlexis remotis spatium album inclu- 

 dentibus, linea submarginali nigricante dentata, margine exte- 

 riore vix dentato ; posticce vix lineatce ; margine exteriore 

 dentato. 



Female. Ochraceous, mostly whitish cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending, fringed, not rising higher than the vertex; 

 third joint extremely short. Wings rather broad, transversely black- 

 speckled ; discal spot and marginal points black ; under side with a 

 broad brown submarginal band. Fore wings acute; interior and 

 exterior lines black, much bent, widely separated from each other, 

 including a while space between them ; a small white space between 

 the interior line and the base ; submarginal line blackish, dentate, 

 incomplete; costa almost straight; exterior border slightly convex 

 and festooned. Hind wings with some traces of the interior, exterior 

 and submarginal lines; exterior border notched. Length of the 

 body 6 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



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



SCOTOSIA METAEHODATA. 



Mas et foem. Testacea ; palpi breves ; antenna maris pectinatce, 

 apice simplices ; segmentum abdominale 3um maris fascicular 

 turn ; al& nigro conspersce^ fimbria nigro guttata ; anticce sub- 

 auratce, basi nigrce, lineis inleriore et exteriore nigris remotis e 

 striga postica connexis, 2a angulata valde Jlexa, litura discali 



