LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



421 



and occupying the site of the reniform mark. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings JO lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



21. STENIA ? LANCEOLALIS. 



Mas et foem. Testaceo-cinerea ; palpi breves, arcuati, articulo So 

 distincto ; antennce foem. filij or mes ; alee lineis duabus nigri- 

 cantibus ochraceo marginatis valde denticulatis ; lunulis mar' 

 ginalibus subcontiguis nigris, fimbria cinerea ; anticce maculis 

 discalibus indistinctis valde approximatis puncto intermedio 

 pallido. 



Stenia lanceolalis, Gnen. Belt, et Pyral. 246, 226. 



Cape. 



Genus 8. SEDENIA. 



Corpus gracile. Frons prominens, conica, truncata. Palpi 

 rostriformes, conici, incumbentes, capite duplo longiores, articulis 

 indistinctis. Palpi maxillares obsoleti. Antenna? submoniliformes, 

 subputuscentes. Abdomen depressum, alas posticas superans, pilis 

 apicalibus sericeis. Alae angustse, oblongse, non nitentes, fimbria 

 sericea ; anticae apice products, obtusae. 



Sedenia, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 249. 



Body slender. Front prominent, conical, truncate at the tip. 

 Palpi rostriform, conical, incumbent, twice the length of the head ; 

 joints indistinct. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Antennae slightly 

 moniliform, slightly pubescent. Abdomen depressed, extending 

 beyond the hind wings, with silky apical hairs. Wings narrow, ob- 

 long, not shining ; fringe silky. Fore wings prolonged towards the 

 tips, which are obtuse. 



1. Sedenia cervalis. 



Mas. Rufescente aut ochraceo-alba ; antennce vix pubeseentes ; 

 alee fimbria concolori ; anticce linea valida vaga, margine ex- 

 teriore, costam aculisque duabus discalibus vagis subcequalibus 

 costam attingentibus rufescente-carneis ; posticce pallidiores, 

 margine rufeseente- cameo. 



Sedenia cervalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 250, 235. 

 Australia. 



