LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 531 



Male, Pale slate-colour, with an aeneous tinge. Head white. 

 Third joint of the palpi black, except at the tip. Thorax with five 

 black dots, one in front and two on each of the tegulai. Abdomen 

 blackish; hind borders of the segments white; tip luteous. Fore 

 legs with black bands. Fore wings with twelve black dots ; exte- 

 rior border with a row of black points. Hind wings white, with 

 aeneous-brown tips. Length of the body 4^ — 5 lines ; of the wings 

 13 — 14 lines. 



a, b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



12. Hyponomeuta confqsellus. 



Mas. Albus; palpi nigro quadrifasciati ; thorax pallide schista- 

 ceus, nigro quadriguttatus ; aloe- anticce striyis nigris, striyulis 

 vittaque postica pallide schistaceis, punctis marginalibus atris ; 

 posticcB albce, semihyalince, apice fuscescentes. 



Male. White. Palpi with four black bands. Thorax pale 

 slate-colour, with two black dots on each side. Abdomen cinereous; 

 apical tuft pale yellow. Anterior lib ice and tarsi with black bauds. 

 Fore wings with blackish and with smaller pale slate-coloured streaks, 

 land with a broad stripe of the latter hue along the interior border; 

 marginal points deep black. Hind wings white, iridescent, semi- 

 hyaline, with pale brown tips* Length of the body 4 lines; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 

 a, b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedies collection. 



South Africa. 



13. Hyponomeuta strigillatus. 

 strigillatus, Zl. 



South Africa. 



14. Hyponomeuta fumigatus. 

 fumigatus, ZL 

 Natal. 



15. Hyponomeuta perficitellus. 



Fcem. Albus; palpi nigri, albo unifasciati ; thorax nigro sex gut- 

 talus ; abdomen nigricans, e punctis nigris trilineatum, opice 

 album ; alee subtus nigricantes ; anticce punctis plurimu 

 elongatis nigris ; postica nigricantes. 



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