LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 95 



3. SOPHRONIA? CAPALIS. 



Fcem. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; palpi valde arcuati; alts sat an- 

 yustce ; antica apice subrotundatce ; reniformi lineisque sub- 

 obscurioribus valde indistinctis, linea submarginali albido- 

 cinerea recta subobliqua ; posticcB albido-cinerece. 



capalis, Boisd. MSS. 



Female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Palpi much curved ; 

 third joint less than half the length of the second. Wings rather 

 narrow. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips ; reniform mark 

 and the interior and exterior lines very indistinct, a little darker 

 than the ground-colour; suhmarginal line whitish cinereous, 

 straight, slightly oblique, not extending to the costa. Hind wings 

 whitish cinereous, with some trace of the paler suhmarginal line, 

 which has an indistinct darker border. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



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



Genus 4. SIMPLICIA. 



Corpus gracile. Frons tumida. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi 

 graciles, valde recurvi ; articulus Bus acicularis, thoracem attingens. 

 Antenna? maris valde pubescentes aut verticillato-ciliatae. Abdo- 

 men alas posticas non superans. Pedes graciles, non fasciculati. 

 Alae longiusculae, non latce ; anticse areola nulla, linea subtermi- 

 nali recta valde distincta. 



Herminia, p., Eversm. ; Herr.-Schaff'. 

 Simplicia, Guen. Delt. et PyraL 51. 



Body slender. Front tumid. Proboscis rather short. Palpi 

 slender, much recurved ; second joint smoothly squamous, passing 

 over the head ; third acicular, extending to the prothorax. Antenna? 

 of the male very pubescent, or with verticillate ciliae. Abdomen 

 not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender, not tufted. 

 Wings rather long, not broad. Fore wings with no areolet ; second 

 and third costal branches and third superior veinlet with a common 

 origin, very near the costa and, as it were, entangled together. 



