﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1695 



lineis nigricaniibus undidatis indistinctis pallldo marginatis, 

 strigu submaryinalihus nigris^ punctis marginalibus^ orbicularl 

 et reniformi albidis ; posticce albce, venis exterioribus mar- 

 gineque fuscescentibus. 



Male. Cinereous, paler beneath. Palpi partly blackish. 

 Thorax speckled and banded with black. Hind tibiae slightly dilated. 

 Fore wings with the lines blackish, undulating, indistinct, with 

 pale borders; submarginal streaks black; marginal points whitish ; 

 orbicular and reniform marks mostly whitish ; the former oblique ; 

 the latter rather large, slightly contracted in the middle. Hind 

 wings white; veins towards the tips and the border brownish. 

 Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



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CaRADRINA ? EXCISA. 



Canescens ; abdomen albidum ; alee anticce lineis undulaiis fas- 

 ciaque exteriore obscuris, litura discali furcata, atra ; posticcB 

 albce, cinereo marginatce, 



Noctua excisa, Herr^-Schaeff. Exot. Schmett. f. 129. 



Cape. 



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CaRADRINA ? POSTICATA. 



Mas. Pallide cervina, pilosissima, subtus albida ; antennce 

 validcp^ crenulatcB ; pectus antice cinereum ; abdomen albi- 

 dum^ fasciculo apicali maximo ; alee anticce testucece, fasciis 

 nebulisque pallide cervinis, orbiculari subrotunda fusco mar- 

 ginata^ reniformi albido marginata extus excanata^ lunulis 

 marginalibns fuscis ; posticce litura discali lunulisque margi- 

 nalibus pallide fuscis. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, very pilose, whitish beneath. An- 

 tennae stout, crenulate. Pectus cinereous in front. Abdomen 

 whitish; apical tuft very large. Fore wings testaceous, slightly 

 and irregularly tinged with pale fawn-colour about the borders, and 

 with some bands of the same hue, of which the exterior and the 

 submarginal are straight and parallel to each other, and more dis- 

 tinct than the others ; orbicular mark nearly round, with a brown 

 border; renitbrm with a whitish border, excavated on the outer 



