LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1763 



second is interrupted. Hind wings ocbraceous, with three macular 

 black bands and with black marginal dots ; fringe cinereous. 

 Male. — Antennae broadly pectinated, except towards the tips ; 

 branches remote from each other. Abdomen testaceous. Female. — 

 Antennae very minutely serrate. Length of the body 3^ — 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



ASPILATES INCEPTARIA. 



Fcem. Cinereo-albida, subtus testaceo suffusa; fasciculus frontalis 

 acutus ; palpi porrecti, elongati; alee amplce, fascia obscure 

 cinerea, striga discali nig ric ante ; antica acuta, fascia coslam 

 versus interrupta maculam nigricantem includente ; postica 

 fascia valde indistincta. 



Female. Cinereous-whitish, mostly testaceous-tinged on the 

 under side. Frontal tuft prominent, acute. Palpi porrect, as long 

 as the breadth of the head; third joint elongate-conical, about one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Wings ample, with a dark cine- 

 reous band, and with a blackish discal streak, which is most distinct 

 in the fore wings. Fore wings acute; band marginal, interrupted 

 towards the costa, where it contains a diffuse blackish spot ; exterior 

 border hardly convex. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen ; 

 band submarginal, very iudistinct. Length of the body 6 lines; of 

 the wings 18 lines. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



As PILATE S SABULIFERATA. 



Mas. Cinereo-albida, vix testaceo suffusa ; palpi porrecti, brevis- 

 simi, gracillimi ; anienn a glabra ; abdomen lateribus apicem 

 versus fasciculatis ; ala? elongate, sat angusta? ; antica acuta?, 

 linea exteriore fuscescente perobliqua, lineolis tribus submar- 

 ginalibus, pun c to discali nigricante ; postica? puncto discali 

 vix conspicuo, lineis nullis. 



Male. Cinereous-whitish, with a very slight testaceous tinge. 

 Palpi porrect, very short and slender, not extending so far as the 

 front of the head. Antennae smooth. Abdomen with small tufts on 

 each side towards the tip. Wings elongate, rather narrow. Fore 

 wings acute, with a brownish straight very oblique exterior line, and 

 with three more slight submarginal lines; discal point blackish; 



