﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1463 



irigona) atris^ linea suhmarginali pallida uniangulata antice 

 fuseo nebulom^ costa rnfescente lineata^ lineis iransversis e 

 puriciis nonnullis nigris ; posticce lutfce^ margine nigro lato 

 inciso. 



Euclidia limbosa, Guen, Noct, iii. 294, 1743. 



Senegal. 



10. Euclidia dubitans. 



Pallide cinerea ; alee ciliis albo variis, subtus lute ^e fascia exteriore 

 nigricante ; anticce fuscescentes, basi margineque exteriore 

 cinereis^ fasciis duabua testaceis apud costam cinereis albo 

 Vitus imirginatis^ 2a costam versus dilatata strigaque exteriore 

 nigra denticulata subinterrvpta connexis, plaga apicali nigri' 

 cante, margine exteriore fuscescente^ linea marginali tenui 

 nigra undulata ; posticce lutece^ fasciis duabus nigricantibus. 



Pale cinereous. Wings luteous beneath, with an irregular ex- 

 terior blacliish band ; cilise partly white. Fore win^s brownish, 

 except near the base and towards the exterior border, with two tes- 

 taceous bands, which are cinereous by the costa and are bordered 

 with white on the inner side ; second band dilated towards the 

 costa, with a much denticulated and almost interrupted black 

 streak along its exterior border ; a blackish apical patch, angular 

 and bordered with black on its hinder side, and containing some 

 white costal points ; a brownish tinge towards the exterior border, 

 and a slight black undulating marginal line. Hind wings luteous, 

 with two blackish bands, which are united in front ; some traces of 

 an interior band. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



a. Caflfraria. From M. Becker's collection. 



Fam. 3. POAPHILID^. 



Statura parva aut mediocris. Corpus gracile. Proboscis non 

 longa. Palpi ascendentes ; articnlus 2us dense pilosus ; 3us saepis- 

 sime brevissimus. Antennae filiformes. Pedes Scepissime nudi aut 

 vix pilosi. Alae integrae, validae, subtus pulverulentae, ciliis densis ; 

 posticae litnris diversis. Mas, — Antennae pubescentes aut ciliis 

 remotis vix conspicuis. 



Poaphilidag, Guen. Noct. iii. 295. 



