LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 839 



1. La scoria Phormisalis. 

 Mas. ^ Cinereo-fusca ; abdominis segmenla albido marginata; 

 tibice anticce nigricante pilosce ; alee anticce fascia basali 

 albida recta obliqua, linea exteriore testacea obliqua fusco 

 marginata apud costam angulata, linea media fusca sub- 

 obsoleta, costa ex parte testacea, orbiculari et reniformi e punc- 

 tis duobus testaceis fusco marginatis. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, cinereous beneath. Hind borders of 

 the abdominal segments whitish. Fore tibiae with blackish hairs. 

 Fore wings with an oblique straight whitish band near the base ; 

 exterior line testaceous, oblique, brown-bordered, angular near the 

 costa, which is testaceous between it and the line ; some slight 

 traces of a brown middle line; orbicular and reniform marks repre- 

 sented by two testaceous brown-bordered points. Hind wings 

 a little paler than the fore wings. Length of the body 5 J- lines ; of 

 the wings 14 lines. 



Eio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



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 Hypena rostralis. 

 jj. Madeira. Presented by Mungo Park, Esq. 



Hypena? Id^eusalis. 



Mas. Cinerea, gracilis; palpi porrecti, validi, subdecumbentes ; 

 antennce sat robustce ; abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; 

 pedes validi ; alee anticce schistacea, apice rotundata, subcer- 

 vino varia?, apud costam obscuriores, reniformi e macula 

 atra ; posticce pallidiores. 



Male. Cinereous, slender, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 stout, slightly decumbent, a little longer than the breadth of 

 the head. Antenna? rather stout. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout. Wings not ample. 

 Fore wings slaty, rounded at the tips, with slight transverse black 

 marks, a little darker along the costa; a slight fawn-coloured tinge 

 here and there ; reniform mark represented by a deep black spot. 

 Hind wings much paler than the fore wings, but with like trans- 



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