LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
1725 
brown, with whitish bands, which are equal in number to the 
branches on each side ; base whitish. Legs brown ; femora whitish ; 
tibiae and tarsi with whitish bands. Fore wings powdered with dark 
brown, the flecks here and there confluent; three or four more or 
less indistinct brown partly whitish-bordered zigzag oblique bands; 
a subquadrate brown discal ocellus, and a row of submarginal brown 
crescents along the exterior border; cilia brown, with testaceous 
intervals opposite. the veins; under side brownish testaceous, with a 
brown band. Hind wings pale brown, here and there dingy whitish, 
and with a pale cilia; under side with a brown discal spot, and a 
brown band which corresponds to that of the fore wings. Length 
of the body 6 — 8 lines; of the wings 15 — 16 lines. 
a — cL South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 
e. « — — - ? Presented by H. F. Evans, Esq. 
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Genus AMSACTA ? 
Mas. Corpus mediocriter robustum. Oculi magni. Probos- 
cis brevissima. Palpi brevissimi ; articulus 3us minimus. An- 
tennas late pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes 
validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus longis apicalibus. Alae 
breviusculae, sat angustae. 
Male . Body moderately stout. Eyes large. Proboscis very 
short. Palpi very short ; third joint very small. Antennae deeply 
pectinated. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Legs 
stout; hind tibiae with two long apical spurs. Wings rather short 
and narrow. Fore wings with three inferior veins ; first and second 
contiguous at the base ; third rather remote. 
Amsacta? tenebrosa. 
Mas. Cinerea ; antennae fuscae ; abdomen basi canum ; alae an - 
ticae fasciis duabus angidosis connexis lituraque cuneiformi 
nigric antibus ; posticae cano-albae. 
Male. Cinereous. Antennae brown. Abdomen hoary towards 
the base. Fore wings before the middle with two angular blackish 
bands, which are connected in the disk by two blackish streaks ; a 
cuneiform blackish mark beyond the middle, near the hind border. 
Hind wings hoary white. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 
8 lines. 
a. North India. From Capt. Boys’ collection. 
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