﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCERA. 1789 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 vertical, ascending a little above the head ; third joint linear, 

 rounded at the tip, less than half the length of the second. Abdo- 

 men linear, conical at the tip, extending very little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs rather long and slender, almost bare ; hind tibiae with 

 long spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings acute, somewhat rounded 

 towards the tip of the costa, very slightly oblique along the exterior 

 border; interior border very slightly undulating. 



1. Anua amplior. 

 Foem. Ferruginea; abdomen albido-testaceum fusco subconsper- 

 siim, apice subtus luteum ; alee anticce subpurpurascentes, 

 nigra subconspersce, lineis duabus reflexis obscure ferrugineis, 

 linea submarginali cinerea subundulata intus ferrugineo mar- 

 ginata, orbiculari nigra punctiformi, reniformi angusta nigra 

 marginata extus excavata; posticce albido-testacecB, fascia sub- 

 marginali latissima nigricanie. 

 Female. Ferruginous, whitish testaceous beneath. Abdomen 

 whitish testaceous, slightly speckled with brown, luteous beneath 

 towards the tip. Fore wings with a purplish tinge, slightly 

 and minutely speckled with black ; two dark ferruginous hues ; the 

 first forming a loop from the costa, where its ends are widely apart ; 

 the other forming a loop from the interior border, where its ends 

 are approximate, about half the size of the first loop, with which it 

 is contiguous by the third inferior vein ; submarginal line cinereous ; 

 slicrhtlv undulating, bordered with dark ferruginous on the inner 

 sid^'e ; marginal lunules dark ferruginous, bordered with testaceous 

 on the outer side ; orbicular mark black, punctiform ; reuiiorra 

 narrow, bordered with black, excavated on the outer side ; under 

 side with a broad blackish submarginal band. Hind wings whitish 

 testaceous, with a very broad blackish submarginal band. Length 

 of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 

 (f. Tort Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



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 Dele A. Abdomen non luteum. 



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