﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1377 



la hasali, 2a interiore, 3a exteriore, 4a magis denticulata^ 

 linea suhmargimili duplicata undulala ; posticcB pallidiores^ 

 fascia fusca lata interlinenta marginalia lineis subtus non- 

 nullis deniiculatis pallide fuscis. 



Male. — Pale fawn-colour, with a cinereous ting-e beneath . 

 Wings with a whitish exterior iboider and ciliae whitish ; a row of 

 black marginal points; fore win^s with several transverse i>rownish 

 indistinct denticulated lines ; first basal, second near the inner side 

 of the brownish orbicular point ; third beyond the renilbnn, which is 

 very incomplete; fourth more denticulated than the third, near the 

 subraarginal line, which is double and undulating. Hind winjjs 

 paler than the fore wings, with a broad interlined marginal brown 

 band ; under side with several denticulated pale brown lines. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



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



19. Ophisma croceipennis. 



Ochracea^rufescente conspersa ; abdomen luteum ; palpi cinerei ; 

 alee anlico' lineis quinque transversis rufescentibus, \a incom- 

 pleta, '2a recta^ Sa at oa obliquis subrectis, 4a undulata, reni- 

 formis margine rufescente, punctis submarginalibus rdgris ; 

 posticce fascia abbreviata nonnunquam maculari nigra. Var. /3. 

 — Alee antic ce plus minusve rufescentes. Var. y. — Alee anticce 

 fasciis macularibus nigricantibus. 



Ochraceous ; under side, abdomen and hind wings luteous. 

 Palpi cinereous. Fore wings with minute reddish speckles, with live 

 transverse reddish lines ; first line incomplete ; second straight and 

 upright; third and fifth oblique and nearly straight; fourth undu- 

 lating; reniform spot with a reddish border, which is often incom- 

 plete; a row of submarginal black points. Hind winjrs with a black 

 band, which is much abbreviated, and sometimes reduced to three 

 spots- Var. /3. — Fore wings reddish except towards the base. Var. y. 

 — Fore win.u:s with blackish bands composed of lunulate marks. 

 Length of the body 10 — 11 lines; of the wings 26 — 28 lines. 



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



d. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



e — g. Port Natal. From Mr. Guieuzius' collection. 



h. ? From Mr. Milnes' collection. 



