LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 651 



nigro subconspersce, tinea submarginali nigra obliqua denti- 

 culata interrupta indistincta ; posticce albce, iridescentes, 

 semihyalince. 



Male, Very pale fawn-colour. Palpi porrect, hardly extending 

 beyond the head ; second joint brown above, except towards the tip ; 

 third conical, minute. Antennae short, smooth. Abdomen extend- 

 ing rather beyond the hind wings. Legs rather short; tibiae fringed. 

 Fore wings thinly black-speckled, hardly acute ; an oblique incom- 

 plete indistinct denticulate black line near the exterior border, 

 which is straight and moderately oblique. Hind wings white, 

 iridescent, semihyaline. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



Peru. In Mr. Norris's collection. 



Laphygma imperviata. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea, antennae dense setulosce ; alee anticce 

 nigro conspersce et quadrilineatce, lineis la 2aque devils, 3a 

 4aque denticulatis extus ulbido marginatis, lunulis marginali- 

 bus nigris, orbiculari ovata albida, reniformi indistincta ; 

 posticce albce, punciis marginalibus elongatis nigricantibus. 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Palpi obliquely ascending, not 

 rising so high as the vertex ; third joint conical, very minute. An- 

 tennae densely setulose. Abdomen cinereous, not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Fore wings thinly black-speckled ; lines black ; 

 interior and middle lines irregular ; exterior and submarginal lines 

 denticulated, whitish-bordered on the outer side ; marginal lunules 

 black ; orbicular mark well defined, forming an oblique oval whitish 

 spot ; reniforra mark indistinct. Hind wings white, iridescent, with 

 elongated blackish marginal points, which are obsolete hindward. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



The shorter fore wings and their different markings distinguish 

 this species from L. cycloides. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



Laphygma gratiosa. 



Fcem. Cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo So conico ; 

 thorax nigricante fasciatus ; alee anticce lineis nonnullis fuscis 

 denticulatis indistinctis, orbiculari parva pallida nigricante 



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