402 CATALOGUE OF 



Africa. 



34. Gkaphiphora? EXCISA. 



Albida ; alee anticee lineis transversis cinereis, fascia exteriore 

 fusca, guttis marginalibus nigris, litura discali atrafurcata ; 

 posticcB margine cinerea. 



Noctua excisa, Herr.-Scheeff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Nov. f. 129. 



Cape. 



35. Graphiphoea informis. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; antennce albidce, subpectinatee ; abdo- 

 men pallidum ; alee anticee breviusculce nigro conspersa, lineis 

 transversis undulatis, lituris costalibus strigisque exterioribus 

 nigricantibus, lunulis marginalibus nigris, macula orbiculari 

 longi-ovata, reniformi vix excavata claviformi longissima per 

 angusta ; posticee cinereo-fuscee. 



Ferruginous-brown. Antennae whitish, slightly pectinated. 

 Abdomen much paler than the thorax. Fore wings rather short, 

 speckled with black, with the usual transverse undulating blackish 

 lines, w r ith blackish marks along the costa, with black marginal 

 lunules, and with an exterior row of blackish streaks ; orbicular spot 

 elongate-oval, less than half the size of the reniform, which is hardly 

 excavated ; claviform very long and narrow. Hind wings cinereous- 

 brown. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Interior of South Africa. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



36. Gkaphiphora immitis. 



Cinereo-fusca ; thorax antice obscurior ; ala antica lineis trans- 

 versis undulatis pallidioribus et obscurioribus, lituris costalibus 

 testaceis ; claviformi et orbiculari obsoletis, reniformi nigro- 

 fusco marginata extus valde excavata ; postica vix pallidiores. 



Cinereous-brown. Thorax dark brown in front. Fore wings 

 with indistinct transverse undulating paler and darker lines ; some 

 testaceous marks along the costa, the largest one opposite the reni- 

 form spot, which is bordered with blackish brown, and is much ex- 

 cavated on its outer side ; claviform and reniform spots obsolete. 

 Hind wings hardly paler than the fore wings. Length of the body 

 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Eev. D. F. Morgan. 



