LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1547 



Genus METKOCAMPA, C. L. H. xx. 155. 



METROCAMPA ? LUCIDARIA. 



Mas. Alba; caput pallide ochraceum ; palpi graciles, porrecti, 

 caput vix superantes, articulo So minimo ; antenna subpec- 

 tinatce ; pedes graciles, calcaribus parvis ; alee, subhyalince, 

 linea postmedia fusca ; anticce linea fusca antemedia. 



Male. White, slender. Head pale ochraceous above. Palpi 

 smooth, slender, porrect, hardly extending beyond the head ; third 

 joint extremely minute. Antennae slightly pectinated. Abdomen 

 shorter than the interior border of the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 small. Legs smooth, slender ; spurs short. Wings ample, slightly 

 hyaline; a brown postmedial line, which is nearly parallel to the 

 exterior border. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; a brown 

 antemedial line nearly parallel to the exterior line ; exterior border 

 slightly convex, rather oblique. Length of the body 6 lines; of 

 the wings 20 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



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Genus ELLOP1A, C. Z. H. xx. 158. 



Ellopia siccaria. 



Mas et foera. Cinerea ; caput ochraceum ; palpi ochracei, porrecti, 

 graciles, caput vix superantes, articulo So longi-conico ; an- 

 tenna maris pectinatoe ; alee fusco conspersa, linea fusca 

 obliqua subrecta ; anticce linea antemedia e gutlis tribus fuscis^ 

 costa subconvexa, margine exteriore subangulato ; posticm 

 margine exteriore vix angulato. 



Male and female. Cinereous, paler beneath. Head ochra- 

 ceous. Palpi ochraceous, porrect, slender, hardly extending beyond 

 the head; third joint elongate-conical, very minute. Antennae of 

 the male moderately pectinated. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings ; apical tuft of the male elongate, ochraceous-cine- 

 reous. Wings very thickly and minutely speckled with pale brown ; 

 a brown oblique nearly straight slightly postmedial line. Fore wings 

 acute, with an antemedial line represented by three brown dots ; 

 costa slightly convex ; exterior border very slightly angular at a 

 little in front of the middle. Hind wings with the exterior border 

 hardly angular. Length of the body 6 — 6J lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



