LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 507 



or interrupted hindward ; a few exterior points and the marginal 

 line cupreous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 Hues. 



a, b. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Genus 23. SENTICA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi 

 porrecti, graciles, laneeolati, caput perpaullo superantes, subtus 

 pilosi. Antenna? glabra?, gracillimae. Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans. Pedes validi, calcaria longa. Alae anticae latiuscula?, 

 apice rotundatae. Mas. — Abdomen lateribus apicem versus fascicu- 

 latis. Fcem. — Oviductus exsertus. 



Male and female. Body rather stout. Proboscis obsolete. 

 Palpi slender, lanceolate, porrect, extending very little beyond the 

 head, pilose beneath ; third joint less than half the length of the 

 second. Antennae smooth, very slender. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings, thickly pilose on each side in the 

 male ; oviduct of the female exserted. Legs stout ; spurs long. 

 Wings rather broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; costa and 

 exterior border hardly convex, the latter moderately oblique. 



1. Sentica oppositella. 



Mas et fcem. Nigro-viridis ; caput subtus album; antenna albo 

 annulatce ; abdominis latera apicem versus luteo pilosa; alee 

 anticcB fasciis quatuor yuttularibus albis, la Integra postice 

 abbreviata^ puncto apicali albo ; postica purpureo-cuprece, 

 punctis tribus marginalibus albis, venis fimbriaque viridi- 

 nigris. Var. Mas. — Ala antica punctis duobus intermediis 

 albis. 

 Male and female. Deep greenish black. Head beneath and 

 fore coxae white. Antennae with very numerous white rings. Ab- 

 domen of the male with black hairs on each side, except towards 

 the tip, where the hairs are luteous. Fore wings with four irregular 

 bands composed of elongated white dots ; first band entire, abbrevi- 

 ated hindward ; second composed of two dots ; third of three dots ; 

 fourth of four dots; a white apical point. Hind wings purplish 

 cupreous ; veins and fringe greenish black; a white dot at the end 

 of the interior border ; two white points near the exterior border, 

 one towards the interior angle, the other towards the tip. Length 

 of the body 3— 3£ lines ; of the wings 7—8 lines. 



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