﻿^^ LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1509 



Var. Foem. Rufescente-cinerea ; palporum articulus 3us 2^ 

 (limidio non brevior ; abdomen apiee subteataceum ; alee linea 

 interiore ienui ferruginea abbreviata subobliqua^ linea exteriore 

 fusca obliqua distincta vix undulala, fascia nigricante valde 

 diffusa^ pnactis submaiyinalibus et marginalibua nigrls, reni- 

 formi nigricante-fusco slgnata et marginata, annulo postico 

 fusco; posticce pallide cinerea, linea fas ciaque exteriore nigri- 

 cantibus. 



Var. Female. Reddish cinereous, pale cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi obliquely ascending ; third joint about half the length of the 

 second. Abdomen pale cinereous, slightly keeled towards the tip, 

 which is pale testaceous. Fore wings moderately acute ; interior 

 line slender, ferruginous, slightly oblique, obsolete at each end ; 

 exterior line brown, oblique, distinct, hardly undulating; a very 

 diffuse blackish band between it and the subuiarginal black points ; 

 marginal pouits also black ; reniform marked and bordered with 

 blackish brown and contiguous to a hindward paler brown ringlet, 

 which almost equals it in size. Hind wings pale cinereous, with a 

 line and an exterior border blackish. Length of the body 6^ lines ; 

 of the wings 17 lines. 



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



Var. Mas. Cinerea ; aim anticce acutce^ non falcata:^ nigra sub- 

 consperscB, lineis obscuris, interiore subrecta vix obliqua 

 pallida intus marginata, exteriore recta obliqua apud 

 costam arcuata, fascia lata cinerea nigra punctata ; punctis 

 marginalibus nigris, orbiculari albida punctiformi^ reniformi 

 subcontracta fusco notata, aunula postico fusco ; posticce linea 

 margineque lata fuscis, 



Var, Male. Cinereous, paler beneath. Fore wings minutely 

 speckled with black, acute, not subfalcaie, with the usual three dark 

 lines, the middle lines being undulate and almost obsolete; the 

 basal half line as usual ; interior line almost straight and upright, 

 with a pale inner border; exterior line straight, oblique, curved 

 near the costa, accompanied by a broad cinereous band, which con- 

 tains a double row of black elongated points ; marginal points black ; 

 orbicular mark whitish, punctiform ; reniform somewhat contracted 

 in the middle, accompanied by a brown spot on the inner side and 

 not joining the hindward ringlet. Hind wings with a brown line 

 and a broad brown border. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



i. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



