LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 879 



subdentato ; antica strigis nonnullis cinereis, linea submar- 

 ginali nigra obliqua angulosa ; posticce linea submarginali 

 nigra vix denticulata. 



Male. Fawn-colour, pale yellowish cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 nearly erect, rising much higher than the vertex; third joint linear, 

 more than half the length of the second. Antenna? stout, setose. 

 Thorax with a narrow transverse black line on the fore tegulae. 

 Abdomen hardly crested, extending very little beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft very small. Legs long ; femora pilose. Wings 

 with several indistinct oblique slightly undulating brownish lines ; 

 a whitish irregular interrupted marginal band ; marginal dots fawn- 

 colour, elongated ; exterior border slightly dentate. Fore wings 

 with a few cinereous streaks bordering the lines ; a distinct oblique 

 zigzag black line near the inner side of the band. Hind wings 

 with a hardly denticulated black line close to the inner side of the 

 band. Length of the body 1 1 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



Closely allied to H. Minerea, and perhaps a local variety of 

 that species. 



a. Oajaca, Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



HOMOPTERA EXCAVATA. 



Foem. Fusca ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo So brevi ; al& 

 lineis tribus obliquis vix undulatis lunulisque marginalibus 

 nigris ; anticce subacute, linea basali lineaque post media 

 oblique arcuata nigris, plaga postica nigricante. 



Female. Brown, cinereous-brown beneath Palpi obliquely 

 ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint short. Ab- 

 domen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth. Wings 

 with a black oblique exterior hardly undulating line ; two less de- 

 terminate hardly undulating black lines before the middle ; marginal 

 lunulesblack. Fore wings slightly acute, with a black undulating line 

 near the base, and with a black curved line, which extends outward 

 from the costa to the middle of the exterior line; a blackish patch 

 on the middle of the interior border ; three whitish points on the 

 exterior part of the costa. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 

 12 Hoes. 



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



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