LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1971 



of the fore wings more retracted towards the costa. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a — d. Georgia. From Mr. Milne's collection. 

 e. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq, 

 /. Nova Scotia. From Lieut, Redman's collection. 

 9 L — ? 



Thyridospila? suffusa. 



Foam. Obscure ockracea ; fasciculus frontalis porrectus, acutus ; 

 palpi pubescentes, subajcendent.es, verticem non superantes, 

 articulo So lineari ; antennae subsetulosae ; pedes robusti, 

 femoribus subtus fimbriatis ; aim lineis duabus subdenticulatis 

 lineaque submarginali angulosa diffusa nigricantibus ; anticce 

 subfalcatce, tinea basali nigricante undulata. 



Female. Dark ochraceous.' Frontal tuft porrect, acute. Palpi 

 pubescent, slightly ascending, a little longer than the breadth of the 

 head, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint linear, conical 

 at the tip, a little more than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 slender, minutely setulose. Legs slout ; femora fringed beneath. 

 Wings with two blackish slightly denticulated lines, which diverge 

 from each other from near the end of the interior border of the hind 

 wings and are retracted near the middle part of the costa of the fore 

 wings; a diffuse blackish zigzag submarginal line; marginal festoon 

 blackish; under side with a blackish transverse streak in the disk. 

 Fore wings sub falcate ; the blackish transverse streak broadly whitish- 

 bordered on the outer side ; an undulating blackish line near the 

 base; exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Length 

 of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Thyridospila? c^ca. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; palpi subascendentes, capitis lati- 

 tudine multo longiores, articulo 2o supra subfimbriato,So Ian- 

 ceolato ; antenna setosce ; abdominis dimidium posticum 

 fasciculis parvis lateralibus ; femora posteriora subtus subfim- 

 briata ; aloe anticce fascia media fuscescente obliqua diffusa, 

 linea exterior e fusca angulosa, linea adhuc exterior e e punctis 

 fuseis, linea submarginali cinerea angulosa fusco marginata, 

 reniformi et orbiculari albidis, ilia puncta dua nigricantia 

 includente ; poslicce cinerea, fuscescente late marginatce. 



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