LEPIDOPTEEA HETEEOCERA, 1745 



Female. Schistaceous, stout, cinereous beneath. Palpi por~ 

 rect, stout, squamous, as long as the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint lanceolate, about one-fourth of the length of the second. An- 

 tennae and legs stout. Wings broad. Fore wings acute, brown- 

 speckled, varied with ferruginous and with whitish ; a large ochraceous 

 whitish basal spot, bordered on the outer side by two undulating 

 black lines ; a zigzag black antemedial line ; a double slightly 

 outward-curved black postmedial line, which forms an acute outward 

 angle near the costa ; a white point and a white spot in the disk, the 

 latter including a reniform brown mark ; a broad whitish zigzag 

 submarginal line ; two black streaks extending to the exterior border 

 opposite the angle of the postmedial line ; a row of black points 

 which are very near the exterior border. Hind wings aeneous; mar- 

 ginal line ferruginous ; fringe whitish, interlined with pale brown. 

 Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



SuBRITxl? CURVIFERELLA. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi lanceolati, disjunct!, capitis 

 latitudine non breviores ; antennae r o bus tec, glabra?, ariiculo \o 

 incrassato a pice cornuto ; alee antica? apice sabrotundatce, 

 lineis duabus fuscis, 2<t submarginali angulosa cinereo mar- 

 ginata, macula fusca maxima subrotunda nigro binotata et 

 submarginata ; posticce pallide cinerece, semihyalince. 



Male. Brownish cinereous, paler beneath. Palpi lanceolate, 

 apart from each other, as long as the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint shorter than than the second. Antennae stout, smooth ; first 

 joint incrassated, wiih a little horn at its tip. Abdomen, legs and 

 hind wings pale cinereous, the latter semihyaline. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the tips ; two brown lines ; first line near the 

 base; second submarginal, zigzag, bordered with cinereous on its 

 outer side ; a brown very large nearly round middle spot, which is 

 incompletely black-bordered and contains a black dot and a black 

 point, the latter near its inner border. Length of the body 4 lines; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. Presented by Sir J. Hearsey. 



b. North Hindostan. From Capt. Boys' collection. 



