756 CATALOGUE OF 



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 Hade n a externa. 



Mas. Testacea; palpi porrecti, articulo 3o conico minimo ; aim 

 anticcB striga basali, lituris costalibus, strigis submarginalibus 

 lunulisque marginalibus nigris, linea exteriore obliqua angu- 

 lata, maculis ex parte nigro marginatis, orbiculari magna, 

 reniformi obliqua non excavata. 



Male. Testaceous. Palpi porrect, not extending beyond the 

 head ; third joint conical, very minute, less than one-fourth of the 

 length of the second. Fore wings with a black basal streak, with 

 black marks along the costa, with submarginal black streaks, and 

 with black marginal lunules ; transverse lines obsolete, except ar 

 exterior one, which is oblique, and forms an acute angle near the 

 hind border ; discal spots partly bordered with black ; orbicular 

 large, a little smaller than the reniform, which is oblique and not 

 excavated. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



Hadena media. 



Mas. Obscure f err uginea ; caput et thorax anticus pallide ferru- 

 ginea ; palporum articulus Sus minimus ; antennce simplices ; 

 abdomen testaceum, cristis basalibus nigris ; alee anticcc apud 

 medium nigro -cinerascentes, lineis transversis nigris angulosis 

 incompletis, orbiculari et reniformi nigro ex parte marginaiis, 

 ilia oblonga elliptica ; linea submarginali pallida angulosa, 

 guttis marginalibus magnis nigris ; posticce albce y margine per- 

 angusto fusco, 



Male, Dark ferruginous. Head and fore part of the thorax 

 pale ferruginous. Third joint of the palpi very minute. Antennae 

 simple. Abdomen testaceous, extending somewhat beyond the hind 

 wings, with blackish crests towards the base. Fore wings with a 

 blackish gray tinge in the middle ; transverse lines black zigzag, 

 incomplete ; orbicular and reniform spots partly bordered with 

 black; the former oblong, elliptical, a little smaller than the latter, 

 which is very slightly excavated ; submarginal line pale, angulose ; 

 marginal dots large, black. Hind wings white, with a very narrow 



