﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1763 



Irings luteous, with brown borders. Length of the body 3 lines; of 

 the wings 9 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



HyDRELIA? CIRC UMD ATA. 



Foem. Pallide cinei^eo-cervina, subtus pallide cinerea ; alee fim- 

 briis latis ; anticce fascia exteriore recta obliqua pallide lutea 

 extus nigro marginata, fascia exteriore fusca nigro submargi- 

 nata^ fascia interiore fusca undulata perobliqua nigro nebu- 

 losa,reniformi subquadrata atra, punctis marginalibus nigris ; 

 posticce obscure fuscce, fascia pallide lutea, fimbria albida, 



I Female, Pale cinereous fawn-colour, pale cinereous beneath. 



Wings with a broad fringe. Fore wings with a straight oblique 

 exterior pale luteous band, which is bordered with black on the 

 outer side, where it adjoins an irregular brown band ; the latter 

 partly bordered with black ; a brown interior undulating partly 

 black-shaded very oblique band, widening hindward, passing 

 between the luteous band and the reniform mark, which is repre- 

 sented by a transverse subquadrate deep black spot ; marginal 

 points black. Hind wings dark brown, cinereous towards the base, 

 with a pale luteous band, which widens from the interior border to 

 the disk, where it is abbreviated ; fringe whitish. Wings beneath 

 blackish about the tips. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 11 lines. 

 a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



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 Hydrelia? latipalpis. 



Mas. Cinereo-ferruginea ; palpi compressi, articulo 2o pilis 

 arete applicalis fasciculato^ So minimo ; abdomen cinereum ; 

 alee aniiccB puncto basali nigro, punctis costalibus albis, lineis 

 interiore et exteriore obscure ferrugineis undulatis, linea sub- 

 marginali valde diffusa, reniformi angusta atra ; posticce 

 cinerece, 



Male, Ferruginous, with a cinereous tinge, cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi compressed; second joint tufted on each side with closely 

 applied hairs; third very minute. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings 

 with a black basal point, and with white costal points ; interior and 



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