LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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South Africa. 
53. Teras capensana. 
Mas. Pallide cervina ; alee anticce acutce , strigulis plurimis trans- 
versis fuscescentibus ; posticce pallide cinerece . 
Male. Pale fawn-colour, mostly pale cinereous beneath. 
Palpi porrect, ratlier slender, almost as long as the breadth of the 
head ; second joint slightly fringed above; third elongate-conical, 
about one-fourth the length of the second. Antennae setulose. 
Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings acute, 
with very numerous transverse minute brownish streaks ; costa con- 
vex towards the base ; exterior border oblique hindward. Hind 
wings pale cinereous. Length of the body 4. lines ; of the wings 
8 lines. 
a. Cape. From M. Drege’s collection. 
54. Teras reciprocana. 
Fcem. Pallide testacea ; palpi capitis latitudine paullo longiores , 
articulo 3 o longi-conico ; alee tessellatce ; anticce costa basi 
subconvexa ; posticce albido-cinerece. 
Female. Pale testaceous, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, a 
little longer than the breadth of the head; third joint elongate- 
conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen 
not extending beyond the hind wings. Wings tessellated, with 
numerous transverse darker speckles. Fore wings rectangular at 
the tips ; costa slightly convex towards the base ; exterior border 
hardly oblique. Hind wings whitish cinereous, indistinctly tessel- 
lated. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 
a. Cape. From M. Drege’s collection. 
55. Teras meridionana. 
Mas. Pallide cervina; alee strigulis plurimis transversis indis - 
tinctis obscurioribus ; anticce acutce ; posticce albido-cinerece. 
Male. Pale fawn-colour, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi por- 
rect, subrostriform, nearly as long as the breadth of the head ; second 
joint fringed above; third conical, less than one-fourth of the length 
of the second. Antennae setulose. Abdomen hardly extending 
