LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEKA. 295 



South Africa. 



53. Teras capensana. 



Mas. Pallide cervina ; alee anticce acutce, strigulis plurimis trans- 

 versis fuscescentibus ; postica pallide cinerea. 



Male, Pale fawn-colour, mostly pale cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, rather slender, almost as long as the breadth of the 

 head ; second joint slightly fringed above ; third elongate-conical, 

 about one-fourth the length of the second. Antennae setulose. 

 Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings acute, 

 with very numerous transverse minute brownish streaks ; costa con- 

 vex towards the base ; exterior border oblique hindward. Hind 

 wings pale cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



54. Teras eeciprocana. 

 Fcem. Pallide testacea ; palpi capitis latitudine paullo longiores, 



articulo 3o longi-conico ; aim tessellatce ; anticce costa basi 

 subconvexa ; postica? albido-cinerea?. 



Female. Pale testaceous, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, a 

 little longer than the breadth of the head; third joint elongate- 

 conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen 

 not extending beyond the hind wings. Wings tessellated, with 

 numerous transverse darker speckles. Fore wings rectangular at 

 the tips ; costa slightly convex towards the base ; exterior border 

 hardly oblique. Hind wings whitish cinereous, indistinctly tessel- 

 lated. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



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55. Teras meridionana. 



Mas. Pallide cervina; alee strigulis plurimis transversis indis- 

 tinctis obscurioribus ; anlica acuta ; postica albido-cinerea?. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi por- 

 rect, subrostriform, nearly as long as the breadth of the head ; second 

 joint fringed above; third conical, less than one-fourth of the length 

 of the second. Antennae setulose. Abdomen hardly extending 



