58 Mr. A. G. Butler on Heterocerous Lepidoptcra 



Stenopteryx, Guenee. 



16. Stenopteryx kybridalis. 



Pyralis hybridalis, Hiibner, PyraL, pi. 17, fig. 114. 



"Valparaiso, all through spring, summer, and autumn." 

 — T. K. 



Five examples of this common and widely-distributed 

 species were in the collection. 



17. Scopdria disperse/,, n. s. 



Somewhat allied to S. vallerialis, but as small as 

 S. lineaUs of New Zealand ; primaries dark grey-brown, 

 the veins partly black ; instead of the usual inner white- 

 bordered blackish line, the basal half is streaked irregu- 

 larly with snow-white and black lines ; there is also a 

 black and white dot at the end of the cell ; the discal 

 line is snow-white and rather acutely zigzag ; the costa 

 is crossed by oblicpue white dashes ; the outer border is 

 white, with a marginal series of black spots ; secondaries 

 silvery ; thorax dark brown ; the palpi and posterior 

 fringes of the tegulaa white ; abdomen silver-grey ; under 

 surface silvery ; anterior tibia? barred with black. Ex- 

 panse of wings, 19 mm. 



No exact locality recorded. 



MGBBIIDM. 



iEGERiA, Fabricius. 



18. JEgcrin rufa. n. s. 



Wings above deep reddish orange, with black borders ; 

 fringes grey ; primaries with the borders very broad, 

 leaving only a narrow streak of the ground colour divided 

 by a black spot at the end of the cell ; body blackish, 

 with blue-grey gloss ; abdomen with white hind margins 

 to the segments ; antennae black ; wings below with the 

 borders slightly bronzy, those of the primaries a little 

 narrower than above ; body below leaden grey ; the 

 pectus steel-blue at the sides ; legs slightly purplish 

 above and bronzy below ; middle tibiae clothed above 

 with orange hair. Expanse of wings, 10, 15, or 17 mm. 



" Pines valley near Valparaiso ; on Umbelliferous 

 rlowers in January." — T. E. 



