LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 859 



on the under side. Fore wings with several shades of brown, with 

 a slightly curved testaceous band at one-fourth of the length, and 

 with a very large reddish ferruginous patch along the middle part 

 of the costa ; this patch is deeply notched on its hind side, and con. 

 tains a brown dot and a zigzag brown streak ; under side and hind 

 wings reddish ferruginous. Length of the body 7-^—9 lines ; of the 

 wings 20—23 lines. 



a — d. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 

 e. Port Natal. From M. Becker's collection. 

 /. Zoolu Country. Presented by G. F. An gas, Esq. 

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



Genus 53. MORASA. 



Mas. Corpus validum. Caput, thorax et pedes pilis longis 

 vestita. Palpi porrecti, longe pilosi, caput sat longe superantes ; 

 articulus 2us lo multo longior; 3us elongatus, lanceolatus, 2o bre- 

 vior. Antennas mediocriter pectinatae, corporis dimidio breviores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; oviductus couspicuus. 

 Pedes robusti ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor lougiusculis. Alae 

 sat latae ; anticae ad costam subconvexae. 



Male. Body stout. Head, thorax and legs clothed with long 

 hairs. Proboscis very short or obsolete. Palpi clothed with long 

 hairs, porrect, extending some distance beyond the head ; second 

 joint much longer than the first ; third elongated, lanceolated, 

 shorter than the second. Antennae moderately pectinated, less than 

 half the length of the body. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Oviduct exserted, short. Legs stout; hind tibiae with 

 four rather long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings very 

 slightly convex in front, rounded at the tips, oblique along the ex- 

 terior border; three inferior veins ; second about twice further from 

 the second than from the first. 



1. MORASA MODESTA. 



Fcem. Ferruginea ; palpi rufescentes, apice fusci ; antenna 

 nigra, basi rufce ; abdomen fulvum, basi rufcscens, subtus 

 fuscum; pedes nigricantes ,• ala antica basi albo guttata, nee- 

 non e guttis albidis bifasciatce ; posticce albidce, marginibus 

 pallide fuscescentibus. 



Female. Ferruginous. Palpi reddish, with brown tips. An- 

 tennae black, red towards the base. Abdomen tawny, reddish at the 

 base, brown beneath. Legs blackish. Fore wings with white dots 



