LEPIDOrTERA HETEROCE IIA. 1425 



brown hairs ; joints of the tarsi brown, with testaceous tips. Fore 

 wings with two fawn-coloured bands; the basal one incomplete the 

 other very oblique, partly bordered with brown, and with some 

 brown spots between it and the exterior border. Hind win^s fawn- 

 colour, with pale cinereous borders. Length of the body 1 3— 15 

 lines ; of the wings 34—38 lines. 



Var. /3. Bands of the fore wings brownish. Hind wings with 

 a pale cinereous band. 



a— c. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 

 d—f. South Africa. From Mr. Pamplin's collection. 

 g—k. Cape. From Mr. Milne's collection. 

 /, m. Cape. 



Group 3. 

 Fcem. Corpus crassum. Palpi pilosi, sat validi, caput paullo 

 superantes ; articulus 3us longiconicus. Antennae subpectinatae. 

 Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Alae long®, mediocriter 

 latee ; antic® subacuminat®, apud costam vix convex®, margine ex- 

 teriore subrecto perobliquo. 



Female. Body thick. Palpi pilose, moderately stout, extend- 

 ing a little beyond the head ; third joint elongate-conical. Antennae 

 very minutely pectinated. Abdomen extending for one-fourth of 

 its length beyond the hind wings. Wings long, moderately broad. 

 Fore wings slightly acuminated, very slightly convex in front, 

 nearly straight and extremely oblique along the exterior border ; 

 second inferior vein about four times further from the third than 

 from the first; fourth remote from the third. 



3. PACHYPASA ? BILINEA. 



Foem. Cervina, ex parte albido- cervina ; caput subtus, palpi, ab- 

 domen subtus pedesque ferruginea ; antenna testacece; abdomen 

 luteum ; tarsi testaceo fasciati ; alee anticce fasciis duubus 

 angustis obliquis subrectis fuscis ; posticce testacece. 

 Female. Fawn-colour, tinged with white. Head on each side 

 and beneath, palpi, abdomen beneath and legs ferruginous. An- 

 tennas testaceous. Abdomen luteous. Tarsi with testaceous bands. 

 Fore wings generally without a white tinge in front and along the 

 exterior border ; two slender oblique nearly straight brown bands, 

 which are parallel hindward and diverge slightly towards the costa. 



