506 CATALOGUE OF 



19. DlANTHjECIA? triplaga. 



Mas. Cana ; palpi fusci, suberecti ; antennce subciliatce ; thorax 

 pilis clavatis ; abdomen crista dorsali fasciculisque lateralibus 

 nigris ; alee anticce obscure cinerece, fasciis duabus latissimis 

 lineaque basali testaceis fusco marginatis, reniformi subquad- 

 rata albida ; posticce albidce, marginibus ceneo-fuscis. 



Male. Hoary. Palpi brown, almost erect; third joint coni- 

 cal, not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennas 

 very indistinctly ciliated. Thorax with club-shaped hairs. Abdo- 

 men with a slight dorsal crest, and slight lateral tufts of black hairs. 

 Fore wings dark cinereous, with two very broad irregular testaceous 

 brown-bordered bands, the first communicating with a testaceous 

 brown-bordered line near the base ; the second interrupted, sub- 

 marginal ; reniform spot distinguished by a large subquadrate 

 whitish mark ; exterior border rather oblique. Hind wings whitish, 

 with brownish aeneous borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Africa; 



20. DlANTHiECIA PRETERM ISSA. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; alee antics margine 

 exteriore vix denticulato, lineis testaceis undulatis incompletis 

 nigro marginatis, orbiculari et reniformi testaceis, cequalibus r 

 sat angustis, ilia obliqua ; posticce pallide cinerece. 



Female. Cinereous-brown. Palpi slightly ascending; third 

 joint conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Abdomen cinereous, extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore wings with the lines testaceous, undulating, incomplete, bor- 

 dered with black ; exterior border hardly denticulated ; orbicular 

 and reniform spots testaceous, rather narrow ; the former oblique, 

 as large as the latter. Hind wings pale cinereous, with broad 

 brownish borders. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 





