LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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or interrupted hind ward ; a few exterior points and the marginal 
line cupreous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 
a, b. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius’ collection. 
Genus 23. SENTICA. 
Mas et foem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi 
porreeti, graciles, lanceolati, caput perpaullo superantes, subtus 
pilosi. Anteonse glabrse, gracillimae. Abdomen alas posticas paullo 
superans. Pedes validi, calcaria longa. Alae anticae latiusculse, 
apice rotundatae. Mas. — Abdomen lateribus apicem versus fascicu- 
latis. Foem. — Oviductus exsertus. 
Male and female. Body rather stout. Proboscis obsolete. 
Palpi slender, lanceolate, porrect, extending very little beyond the 
head, pilose beneath ; third joint less than half the length of the 
second. Antennae smooth, very slender. Abdomen extending a 
little beyond the hind wings, thickly pilose on each side in the 
male; oviduct of the female exserted. Legs stout; spurs long. 
Wings rather broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; costa and 
exterior border hardly convex, the latter moderately oblique. 
1. Sentica oppositella. 
Mas et foem. Nigro-viridis ; caput subtus album; antennae albo 
annulatce ; abdominis latera apicem versus luteo pilosa ; alee 
anticce f asciis quatuor guttularibus albis , 1 a integra postice 
abbreviata , puncto apicali albo; posticce purpureo-cupreoe, 
punctis tribus marginalibus albis , venis fimbriaque viridi- 
nicjris. Var. Mas. — Alee anticce punctis duobus intermediis 
albis. 
Male and female. Deep greenish black. Head beneath and 
fore coxae white. Antennae with very numerous white rings. Ab- 
domen of the male with black hairs on each side, except towards 
the tip, where the hairs are luteous. Fore wings with four irregular 
bands composed of elongated white dots ; first band entire, abbrevi- 
ated hindward ; second composed of two dots ; third of three dots ; 
fourth of four dots; a white apical point. Hind wings purplish 
cupreous; veins and fringe greenish black; a white dot at the end 
of the interior border ; two white points near the exterior border, 
one towards the interior angle, the other towards the tip. Length 
of the body 3—3^ lines ; of the wings 7 — 8 lines. 
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