LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1783 



Pandemis SECURIFERANA. 



Mas. Cervina; palpi porrecti ; abdomen alas posticas longe su- 

 perans ; alee anticce strigis plurimis transversu fuseis, fascia 

 antemedia abbreviata pallide fusca, litura exteriore magna 

 securiformi nigro-fmca argenteo marginata ; posticce cinereo- 

 cer vines, 



Male, Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi porrect. Antennae 

 stout, setulose. Abdomen a little paler than the thorax, extending 

 much beyond the hind wings; apical tuft rather large. Fore wings 

 acute, with numerous transverse brown streaks ; a pale brown darker- 

 bordered band, which extends half across the breadth from the costa 

 near the base; an exterior irregularly hatchet-shaped blackish brown 

 mark, silvery-bordered in front; costa slightly convex along half 

 the length from the base ; exterior border slightly concave in front, 

 convex and slightly oblique towards the interior angle. Hind wings 

 cinereous fawn-colour, paler beneath. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings J 4 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders* collection. 



Genus CACOECIA, C. L. H. xxvii. 214. 

 Cacoecia decretana, C. L. H. xxvii. 214. 

 a, b. Germany. From Dr. H.-Schaeffer's collection. 



Cacoecia htstrionana, C. L. H. xxvii. 215; 

 a, b. Ratisbon. From Dr. H.-SchaefFer's collection. 



Genus BATODES, C. L. H. xxvii. 216. 



Batodes? blandana. 

 Ditula? blandana, Clms. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. 515. 

 Maine. 



Genus PTYCHOLOMA, C. L. H. xxvii. 217. 

 Ptycholoma? semifuscana. 

 semifuscana, Clms. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. 519. 

 Virginia. 



