LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 693 



basalt, 2a ante-media, linea media nigricante diffusa indis- 

 tincta, orbiculari et reniformi pallido marginatis, linea sub- 

 marginali pallida angulosa, punctis marginalibus nigris; 

 posticce albidce, subhyalina, 



Male. Brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi obliquely ascending 1 , 

 not rising so high as the vertex; second joint pilose ; third conical, 

 about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae setose. Ab- 

 domen paler than the thorax, extending rather beyond the hind 

 wings. Femora and tibiae densely pilose. Fore wings blackish- 

 speckled, with two double undulating blackish lines ; first line near 

 the base; second before the middle; an indistinct diffuse blackish 

 line between the orbicular and reniform marks, whose borders are a 

 little paler than the ground hue, as is also the zigzag submarginal 

 line ; marginal points black. Hind wings whitish, iridescent, 

 slightly hyaline ; veins and exterior border brownish. Length of 

 the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



It has much resemblance to A. differens, but the markings of 

 the fore wings are more distinct and numerous, and the hind wings 

 are more broadly brown-bordered. 



a. New Grenada. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Ageotis peruviana. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi porrecti, pilosissimi, articulo 3o 

 brevissimo ; antennae dense setulosa ; alee antica lineis tribus 

 fuscis denticulatis duplicatis, linea submarginali cinerea angu- 

 losa, orbiculari et reniformi magnis nigricante marginatis ; 

 postica? albidce, ameo-fusco marginata. 



Male. Brownish cinereous, whitish beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 very pilose, hardly extending beyond the head ; third obtuse, very 

 short. Antenna? thickly setulose. Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft rather large. Fore wings with 

 three double denticulated transverse lines, which are most distinct 

 on the costa ; first line near the base; second on the inner side of 

 the orbicular mark ; third beyond the reniform mark, mostly brown, 

 accompanied by another dentate line, which is interrupted by the 

 reniform mark ; submarginal line cinereous, zigzag ; marginal 

 points blackish ; orbicular and reniform marks large, blackish-bor- 

 dered ; the former nearly round, the latter of the usual form. Hind 



