LEP1D0PTERA HETEKOCEKA. 



5. Chcerodes TRANSMUTANS. 



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Fcem. Rufescente-ochracea, nigro suhconspersa ; caput supra 

 albidum ; alee vix purpuraseentes, linea recta cinerea fusco 

 marginata, puncto discali nigro ; anticcefalcatce, linea antice 

 albo punctata costam versus obsoleta, margine exteriore vix 

 angulato ; posticus angulo bene determinates subcaudato. 

 Female. Reddish ochraceous, slightly and minutely speckled 

 with black. Head whitish above. Win^s hardly purplish-tinged, 

 with a straight oblique cinereous line, whiehis bordered with brown 

 on both sides ; a black interior discal point. Fore wirjgs acute, fal- 

 cate ; the line with white points on its fore part, ceasing on ap- 

 proaching the costa ; exterior border very slightly angular. Hind 

 wings with the exterior border distinctly angular t.nd slightly cau- 

 date ; interior border fringed with white hairs. Length of the body 

 7—8 lines ; of the wings 20 — 22 lines. 



Whether this is a distinct species, or whether it and C. trans- 

 posita, and some of the following species are mere varieties of 

 C. transversata is a question yet to be decided. The line and the 

 black points of the wings distinguish it from C. transversata, and in 

 both these characters it resembles C. incurvata, from which it dif- 

 fers by the angular exterior border of the fore wings, and by the 

 more decided angle of the hind wings. 



a — c. vSt. John's Bluff, East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, 

 Esq. 



Var. Male. Fawn-colour, paler, cinereous-tinged and black- 

 speckled beneath. Head whitish between the antennae. Wings 

 with a slight pale purplish tinge ; line almost straight, of a rather 

 darker fawn-colour than the ground hue, bordered with pale pur- 

 plish on the outer side ; black discal point very minute. Fore 

 wings falcate ; costa convex ; exterior border forming an extremely 

 obtuse angle in the middle ; line obsolete near the costa. Hind 

 wings with an acute angle in the middle, but not caudate. Length 

 of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



Var. Very little larger and more ochraceous. Wings with a 

 larger discal point. Fore wings with white points on the fore part 

 of the line. 



The two specimens here described differ slightly in aspect and 

 markings from the typical form of C. transmutans, and are probably 

 local varieties of that species, but their native place is unknown. 



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