LEPJDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1797 



Male. Brown, ferruginous beneath. Palpi smooth, erect, not 

 rising higher than the vertex; third joint conical, not more than 

 one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennas minutely pubes- 

 cent. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 wings ferruginous, rectangular at the tips, with several transverse 

 outward-curved red lines ; five oblique chalybeous-wbite costal 

 streaks ; two deep black marginal points, between which there is a 

 bright chalybeous point; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. 

 Hind wings red, whitish along the costa, with a broad ferruginous 

 marginal band. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. St. Paulo. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Carpocapsa incultana. 



Foem. Fusca ; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes, 

 articulo 2o dense Jimbriato, So lineari parvo ; alaz anticce stri- 

 gulis plurimis cinereis transversis, plagis quatuor nigricanti- 

 bus cinereo marginalis ; posticus obscure fusca. 



Female. Brown, stout, cinereous beneath. Palpi obliquely 

 ascending, shorter than the breadth of the head; second joint 

 densely fringed ; third linear, slender, about one-fourth of the length 

 of the second. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind 

 wings. Fore wings hardly acute, with many irregular transverse 

 cinereous lines, which are mostly beyond the middle; five blackish 

 cinereous-bordered patches, two costal, two in the disk, and one by 

 the exterior border. Hind wings dark brown. Length of the body 

 2j lines; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Santa Martha. From Mr. Bouchard's collection. 



Carpocapsa eximiana. 



Fcem. Saturate ochracea ; palpi sat graciles, oblique ascendentes, 

 capitis latitudine breviores, articulo 3o conico ; alee antica 

 pur pur eo -nigra, vittis duabus ochraceis flexissimis ramosis 

 connexis ; postica? ochracete, nigro late marginata. 



Female. Deep ochraceous. Palpi smooth, rather slender, ob- 

 liquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint 

 conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. An- 

 tennas rather stout. Fore wings purplish black, with two serpentine 

 connected ochraceous stripes, which emit serpentine branches; first 

 stripe costal near the base, subcostal beyond the middle and emitting 



