LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1547 
This genus differs much from the other genera of Cosside, and 
has some resemblance to the Noctuites. The four following species 
may be all varieties of M. Smerintha. 
1. MorpHeis SMERINTHA. 
Pallide fusca ; abdomen obscure fuscum, marginibus apiceque pal- 
lide fuscis; ale antice nigro subpunctate, macula apicalr 
fasctisque duabus interruptis nigricantibus ; postice albide, 
antice testacee, bast fuscescentes. 
Morpheis Smerintha, Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. ii. Lep. iti. 
Phal. iii. Fodicantes, i. Teredines, B. Graciles, i. 1, 2,3, 4? 
Myelobia pustulata, Bowsd. Herr.-Scheff. Lép. Exot. Sp. Sér. 1, f. 
152. 
Male. Pale brown. Abdomen dark brown ; borders and tip 
pale brown. Fore wings slightly sprinkled with black points, with 
a blackish apical spot, and with two oblique interrupted blackish 
bands, the first more oblique than the second and composed of three 
spots, the second interrupted in the middle and extending nearly to 
the apical spot. Hind wings whitish, testaceous in front, brownish 
at the base. 7 : 
Para. 
| Var. 8. Fawn-colour. Fore wings with a very broad oblique 
band of various blackish marks. Hind wings white. Length of the 
body 16 lines; of the wings 46 lines. 7 | 
a. “ Found at sea (Atlantic), 500 miles from land.” 
2. MorpHEIS PALEACEA. 
Mas. Straminea ; ale antice punctis obscuris subconsperse, api- 
cibus fasciisque duabus cinerets ; postice albe. 
Myelobia paleacea, Boisd. Herr.-Scheff. Lép. Exot. Sp. Sér. 1. f. 
150. 
Male. Straw-colour. Fore wings slightly sprinkled with dark 
points, with pale gray tips, and with two oblique gray bands; the 
first short, on the hind border at one-fourth of the length of the 
hind wing; the other joining the hind border at half the length of 
the wing, extending thence nearly to the tip, where it forms an 
acute angle. Hind wings white. 
Brazil. 
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