LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1779 



TERAS ? GALLICOLANA. 



Peronea gallicolana, Clms. Proc. Ent. Soc. iii. 516. 

 Kock Island, Illinois. 



Tehas egana. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo-ochracea ; palpi porrecti* capitis latitudinc 

 multo longiores, articu/o So lanceolate) ; aim anticce rufescente 

 subtessellal.ee, strigis duabus anticis postmediis obliquis lituris- 

 que duabus costalibus exterioribus nigris ; posticce cinerem, 

 ceneo marginatce. 



Male. Pale cinereous-ochraceous. Front very convex. Palpi 

 porreet, much longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 lanceolate, nearly half the length of* the second. Antennae stout, 

 minutely setulose. Fore wings acute, incompletely and indistinctly 

 tessellated with reddish; two black irregular incomplete antemedial 

 lines ; two black oblique poslmedial streaks proceeding from the 

 costa to the disk; two small black costal marks nearer the tip; ex- 

 terior border straight, slightly oblique. Hind wings cinereous, 

 aeneous towards the exterior border. Length of the body 2£ lines ; 

 of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Teras excerptana. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo- cervina ; palpi Iceves, porrecti, capitis lati- 

 tudine paullo longiores, articulo So longi-conico ; abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans ; alee anticce fusco conspersee, 

 plaga magna marginali lineaque antica obscuriore fuscis ; pos- 

 ticce pallide cinerecv. 



Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Palpi stout, smooth, por- 

 reet, a little longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 elongate-conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae very minutely setulose. Abdomen extending 

 a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft compressed. Fore wings 

 acute, thickly and minutely brown-speckled ; a large brown patch 

 joining the exterior border, intersected by a slender darker brown 

 oblique line which proceeds from two-thirds of the length of the 

 costa; costa and exterior border slightly convex, the latter mode- 



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