LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 853 



Body rather slender. Proboscis obsolete or very short. Palpi 

 porrect, rather long, extending some distance beyond the head ; 

 second joint about three times the length of the first ; third lanceo- 

 late, a little shorter than the first. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs pilose, rather slender; hind tibia? 

 with four rather long spurs. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings 

 almost straight along the costa, rounded at the tips, oblique along 

 the exterior border; first and second inferior veins nearly contiguous 

 at the base ; second remote from the third ; third a little nearer to 

 the fourth than to the second. 



1. Beralade perobljqua. 



Albida ; palpi lutei ; antenna ramis fulvis ; thoYax antice et 

 abdominis discus pallide lutei ; pedes antici intus lutei, 

 Mas. — Caput apud oculos nigrum ; pedes antici nigro fasciati ; 

 ales antlcce e yuttis fuscis bifasciatce. Fcem. — Alee anticce 

 fasciis quatuor guttularib us fuscis. 



Whitish. Palpi luteous. Antennae with tawny branches. 

 Thorax with a slight luteous tinge in front. Disk of the abdomen 

 pale luteous. Fore legs luteous on the inner side. Male. — Head 

 black about the eyes. Fore legs with black bands. Fore wings with 

 two very oblique bands of elongated brown dots, which commence 

 near the tips, and slightly diverge towards the interior border. 

 Female. — Fore wings with four oblique bands of brown dots., 

 Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 14 — 15 lines. 



a, b. Caffraria. From M. Becker's collection. 



Genus 46. NIG ASA. 



This genus seems to be a connecting link between Darala and 

 the Geometrites, but to be most allied to the latter; it is therefore 

 removed from this family. 



Genus 47. ANTHELA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, valde pilosum. Palpi pilosi, porrecti, 

 caput vix superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae subpecti- 

 nata?. Pedes nudi, sat graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus 

 longis apicalibus. Alae latiusculae, posticae abdomen superantes. 



Male. Body stout, very hairy. Palpi hairy, porrect, hardly 

 extending beyond the head; third joint very small. Antennae 

 minutely pectinated. Abdomen not extending so far as the hind 



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