108 HETEROCERA. 
8 veins; 3-4 connate; 6-7 stalked; 5 cubital, approximate to 4. Abdomen smooth. Legs: hind 
tibiae hairy. 
Allied to Eupragia Wl1sm. and Athrinacia Wism., but differing from both in having 
HW: 3-4 connate. 
1. Oestomorpha alloea, sp. n. (Tab. III. fig. 29.) 
Antennae whitish cinereous. Palpi white, dusted with greyish fuscous on their outer sides. Head and 
Thorax dirty white; the latter densely and minutely sprinkled with greyish. Forewtngs elongate, costa 
and dorsum straight, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; dirty white, suffused and sprinkled with 
greyish fuscous accompanied by broken lines of blackish scales ; on the rather less sprinkled costal portion . 
of the wing is a narrow, greyish fuscous, costal length-streak, commencing at about one-third, interrupted 
by the white ground-colour near its base, and then continued along the costa to a little beyond the 
middle, a few blackish scales along its lower edge, while on the cell, below it, are two rather paler 
fuscous length-spots placed obliquely beyond and corresponding to its separate parts in length and 
position; below these is a broken line of blackish scales which is continued beyond them to the apex; a 
similar line runs along the fold, and there is a short streak of the same colour on the upper edge of the 
cell, near the base, and a spot on the fold at one-third, all the intermediate spaces being more or less 
sprinkled or suffused with pale greyish fuscous; around the apex and termen are about six greyish 
fuscous shade-spots with a few blackish scales; cilia dirty whitish, profusely sprinkled with greyish 
fuscous. Exp. al.28 mm. Hindwings broader than the forewings, with straightened costa, a little 
depressed before the apex, apex rounded, termen obliquely convex; greyish brown, the spaces between 
the veins slightly inclined to be transparent; cilia greyish brown, a paler line along their base. Abdomen 
long and rather flattened posteriorly ; greyish brown; anal tuft pale cinereous. Legs pale cinereous, 
dusted with fuscous externally ; hind tarsi fuscous, with three pale cinereous annulations. 
Type & (5973 Wism. Det. 1908) US. Nat. Mus. 
Hab. Mexico: vera cruz: Cordova, V. 1908 (/. Knab). Unique. 
SCEPTEA, gen. n. 
(cxerréu==to be considered.) 
Type: Sceptea decedens Wism. (Tab. ITI. fig. 30.) 




J. H. Durrant, del. 
23. Sceptea decedens Wism. <. 
Antennae ca stout, smooth ; basal joint without pecten. Labial Palpt recurved to a little above the vertex 
the terminal joint not longer than the median, rather stout, obtusely pointed ; both somewhat thickened 
