﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1735 



exteriore fuscis angulatis duplicatis indhtinctis^ linea sub 

 marginali fusca diffusa nigro strigata, orbiculari et reniformi 

 atro signatis, linea marginali nigra ; posticcB aneo-fusccB, basi 

 cinerecE. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Palpi vertical, 

 third joint lanceolate, more than half the length of the second. 

 Antennae not crenulated. Thorax with an interrupted black band 

 in front. Abdomen with black crests, extending^ somewhat beyond 

 the hind wings. Fore wings black along part of the costa, and 

 with some irregular black marks and minute black tufts in the disk ; 

 interior and exterior lines brown, angular, double, indistinct; sub- 

 marginal line brown, diffuse, containing black streaks; orbicular 

 and reniform marks irregular, marked with deep black ; marginal 

 line black. Hind wings aeneous-brown, cinereous at the base. 

 Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



Xylina? breviuscula. 



Mas. Pallide fusca, nigricante conspersa; palporum articidus 

 3ws longi-conicus, 2i triente non longior ; abdomen cristatum^ 

 alas posticas paullo super ans ; ala anticce breviusculce, strigis 

 transversis costalibus nigricantihus, lineis interiore et exteriore 

 nigricantibus duplicatis undulatis, submarginali fere obsoleia 

 margine exteriore nigro subnebulosce, orbiculari et reniformi 

 nigro submarginatis, hac obliqua elliptica ; posticce cinereo- 

 fusccB, fimbria pallida. 



Male. Pale brown, with blackish speckles. Third joint of the 

 palpi elongate-conical, not more than one-third of the length of the 

 second. Abdomen crested, extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Fore wings rather short, with some blackish transverse 

 streaks on the costa; interior and exterior lines slight, blackish, 

 double, undulating ; submarginal line almost obsolete ; exterior 

 border partly shaded with black; orbicular and reniform marks 

 partly bordered with black ; the former oblique, elliptical. Hind 

 wings cinereous-brown, with a pale fringe ; under side with a brown 

 discal dot, and a denticulated exterior brown line. Length of the 

 body 7 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



