LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 1673 



EUPITHECIA INSULARIATA. 



insulariata, Stn. A. N. H. 3rd Ser. iii. 209. 

 Madeira. 



EUPITHECIA MACROPTERATA. 



Foem. Cervina ; palpi porrecti, caput superantes, articulo So 

 minimo ; abdomen alas posticas superans ; alee longissimce, 

 punctis rnarginalibus nigricantibus ; anticce lineis nonnullis 

 fuscescentibus angulosis indistinctis, puncto medio nigro, 

 fascia marginali fuscescente lineam albidam artgulosam inclu- 

 dente. 



Female. Dull fawn-colour. Palpi porrect, extending some- 

 what beyond the head, much shorter than the breadth of the latter ; 

 third joint very minute. Antennae and legs slender. Abdomen 

 extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Wings narrow, very 

 long; marginal points blackish, very minute. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips, with some brownish indistinct zigzag lines ; a black 

 middle point; a brownish marginal band including a whitish denti- 

 culated line ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Length 

 of the body S\ lines ; of the wings io lines. 



Cape. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



EUPITHECIA MODERATA. 



Foem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi porrecti, graciles, capitis latitudine 

 vix breviores, articulo So lineari ; alee anticce subacute, lineis 

 sex cinereis denticulatis undulatis duplicatis, linea submar- 

 ginali interrupta, annulo medio cinereo transverso, fimbria 

 fuscescente notata ; posticce lituris nullis. 



Female. Cinereous-brown, rather slender. Proboscis obsolete. 

 Palpi porrect, slender, nearly as long as the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint linear, rounded at the tip, a little shorter than the second. 

 Antennae rather short. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth, slender, not long; hind tibiae with moderately 

 long spurs. Wings elongate, rather narrow ; fringe cinereous. Fore 

 wings slightly acute, with six cinereous undulating denticulated 

 lines, which are mostly double ; submarginal line interrupted ; a 

 small transverse cinereous ringlet in the disk; fringe with brownish 

 marks ; costa almost straight ; exterior border convex, moderately 



