﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEHA. 1727 



ruptls, lineis media et suhmarginali nigricantibus indistinctis 

 denticulatis, ptmctis marginalihus nigris, punctis costalihus 

 suhapicalihus pallidis^ orbiciilari et reniformi obsoletis ; 

 posticce fuscescente-cinerece^ ceneo tinctce. 



Male. Eeddish fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Third joint 

 of the palpi lanceolate, full half the length of the second. Antennae 

 simple. Abdomen cinereous, hardly crested; apical tuft small. 

 Fore wings with ihe interior and exterior lines black, denticulated, 

 interrupted; middle and submarginal lines blackish, indistinct, den- 

 ticulated; marginal points black; costal subapical points pale; 

 orbicular and reniform marks obsolete. Hind wings brownish 

 cinereous, with an aeneous tinge. Length of the body 5J lines ; of 

 the wings 13 lines. 



a, Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Page 592. 



Hade N A ambigua. 



Fusca, subtus fuscescente-cinerea ; palporum articulus Sus 2^ 

 dimidio vix brevior ; thorax pallida conspersus ; alee antics 

 sericecB, conspersce, lineis nigris et pallidis undulatis indis- 

 tinctis, punctis marginalibu^ nigris intus albo marginatis^ 

 orbiculari et reniformi ex parte pallidis nigra marginatis, 

 punctis costalibus subapicalibus pallidis ; posticce fuscescente- 

 cinerecB, 



Brown, brownish cinereous beneath. Third joint of the palpi 

 hardly half the length of the second. Thorax with paler speckles. 

 Fore wings sericeous, speckled ; lines black and pale, undulating, 

 irregular, indistinct ; marginal points black, bordered on the inner 

 side with white; orbicular and reniform marks partly pale, with 

 black borders; costa with pale points towards the tip. Hind wings 

 brownish cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 

 lines. 

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



Hadena pauperata. 



Mas. Rufescente-cinerea ; thorax lineis duabus anticis transversis 

 nigris ; abdomen cinereum, subcristatum, fasciculo apicali 

 parvo ; alee anticce lineis exteriore et submarginali indistinctis 



7 k2 



