LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 453 



the lines much more slight or nearly obsolete. Length of the body 

 7 — 8 lines ; of the wings 18 — 22 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



6. BRONCHELIA TRANS1TARIA. 



Mas. Cinerea, ochraceo pallido tincta ; antenna sat late pec- 

 tinatce, apices versus filiformes ; tibice posticce longissin}ce, 

 valde incrassatce ; ala> fusco conspersce et nebulosce, lineis pal' 

 lidis fusco marginatis ; interiore et exteriore undulatis den- 

 tatis vagis, hac valde flexa^ submarginali angulosa, lunulis 

 marginalibus nigro-fuscis, fascia subtus submarginali fusca ; 

 posticus dilatatce, valde dentate, linea interiore obsoleta. 



Male. Cinereous, tinged with pale ochraceous. Antennae 

 rather broadly pectinated to beyond two-thirds of the length. 

 Hind tibiae much incrassated, very long. Wings thickly speckled 

 aud partly clouded with brown; lines pale, brown-bordered; inte- 

 rior and exterior lines undulating, dentate, irregular, the former ob- 

 solete in the hind wings, the latter much bent ; submarginal line 

 zigzag; marginal lunules blackish brown; under side paler, with a 

 brown submarginal band. Hind wings much prolonged hindward, 

 deeply dentate. Length ofthe body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



7. Bronchelia Scolopacea. 



Cinereo-ocliraceay subtus Icete ochracea ; alee fusco conspersce, lineis 

 tribus dentatis pallidis ferrugineo marginatis, linea media 

 deatata ferruginea, lunulis marginalibus niyricantibus, fascia 

 subtus submarginali fusca ; posticce dilatatce, valde dentatce. 



Phalaena (Noctua) Scolopacea, Drury, Ins. Exot. ii. 38, pi. 22, f. I , 



App. ii. 

 Alcis Scolopacea, Westw. ed. Drury, ii. 40, pi. 22, f. I. Duncan, 



Nat. Libr. xxxvii. 218, pi. 27, f. 2. 



This species much resembles B. transitaria, but may be dis- 

 tinguished by the hind tibiae, which are rather less incrassated, by 

 the more ochraceous tinge on the upper surface of the wings, and 

 by the bright ochraceous colour beneath. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Milne's collection, 



b. ? 



