CATALOGUE 



LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



SEVENTH SERIES. 



Fam. NOCTUIDiE (continued). 



Genus SP^LOTIS, C. L. II. x. 361. 



Sp^elotis pectinata. 



Mas. Cinerea ; caput ferrugineum, fascia ohscuriore ; palpi 

 albidi, subascendentes, articulo 2o la to extus ferrugineo-fusco, 

 So lineari ; antennce sat late pectinate? ; thorax ferrugineus ; 

 alee anticce rufescente conspersce, lineis duabus antemediis 

 rufescentibus angulosis duplicatis inde terminates, fasciis dua- 

 bus rufescentibus, la reniformem nigricantem includente, 

 lineis duabus inter fascias e lunulis rufescentibus, orbiculari 

 guttam ferruyineam includente rufescente marginata; posticm 

 fuscescente marginata. 

 Male. Cinereous, paler beneath. Head ferruginous, with a 

 darker band. Palpi whitish, broad, slightly ascending, extending 

 somewhat beyond the head ; second joint ferruginous-brown on the 

 outer side ; third linear, much more slender than the second and 

 more than half its length. Antennae rather broadly pectinated. 

 Thorax ferruginous. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings, with some black points along each side beneath. Fore wings 

 reddish-speckled, with some small reddish marks along the costa 



