294 catalogue of 



Caradrina torpens, Gufoi. Noct. i. 244, 391. 

 Abyssinia. 



2 j. Caradrina partita. 



Pallide ccrvina ; abdomen pallid issimum ; ahc anticcc lineis trans- 

 versis undulatis fuscesecntibus, macula orbiculari obsoleta y 

 reniformi fuscescente incomplete albo guttata ; posticce 

 albidu. 



Palo fawn-colour. Abdomen much paler than the thorax. 

 Fore wings with five or six transverse undulating brownish lines; 

 orbicular spot obsolete ; reniform spot brownish, incomplete, with a 

 white dot. Hind wings whitish. Length of the body 5 lines; of 

 the wings 12 lines. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



26. Caradrina orbicularis. 



Cervlna ; abdomen pallidum ; alaanticce finds nonnullis transfer- 

 sis undulatis fuscesecntibus pallido marginatis, maculis 

 reniformi ct orbiculari dislinctis, hac pallide ccrvina fiisco 

 marginata t ilia fuscescente cervino marginata; post.ica: albidce, 



linea manjinali fuscescente. 



Fawn-colour. Abdomen much paler than the thorax. Fore 

 wings with several transverse undulating brownish lines, which are 

 mostly interrupted and bordered with pale lawn-colour ; reniform 

 spot and orbicular spot distinct, the former brownish with a pale 

 fawn-coloured border, the latter pale fawn-colour with a brown bor- 

 der. Hind win^s whitish, with a brownish marginal line. Length 

 of the body <lj — 5 lines; of the wings 18 — 14 lines. 



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



27. Caraorina prjEterita. 



Pallide ccrvina; aim antic<c nitenles, lineis duabus transversis 



indistinctis undulatis obscurioribus, macula reniformi nigri- 

 cante, orbiculari ulbido maryinata ; postiac alb<c y opalina. 



Pale fawn-colour. Abdomen a little paler than the thorax. 

 Fore wings shining, with two indistinct undulating transverse 

 darker lines, which include the reniform spot and the orbicular 

 spot; the former is mostly blackish, the latter has a whitish border. 



