LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1073 



Female. Fawn-colour. Palpi obliquely ascending, rising a 

 little higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, less than half 

 the length of the second. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Wings minutely black-speckled, with an incomplete 

 transverse line of black whitish-marked points. Fore wings acute, 

 with a reniform mark of the usual form, a little darker than the 

 ground hue, blackish-bordered, and containing a blackish streak ; 

 exterior border slightly bent in the middle. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Bogota. In Mr. BirchalPs collection. 



Capnodes basalis. 



Mas. Ochraceo-cervina ; palpi oblique ascendentes, nigricante 

 bifasciati, articulo 2o lineari ; alee lineis duabus cinereis 

 dentatis niyro submarginatis, tinea submarginali cinerea 

 angulosa valde indeterminata, punctis marginalibus nigri- 

 cantibus, fimbria nigricante notuta, margine exteriore vix 

 dentato ; anticce vix acuta, fascia basaii nigricante cinereo 

 marginata,plagis duabus costalibus nigricantibus divisis r la 

 diffusa, 2a magna trigona. 



Male. Ochraceous fawn-colour, mostly cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi obliquely ascending, a little longer than the breadth of the 

 head, with two blackish bands; second joint with a very short fringe 

 on each side ; third linear, almost half the length of the second. 

 Antennae setose. Wings with two cinereous dentate partly black- 

 bordered lines; submarginal line cinereous, zigzag, very diffuse and 

 indistinct ; marginal points blackish, rather large ; fringe with some 

 blackish marks ; exterior border slightly festooned. Fore wings 

 hardly acute, with a blackish irregular cinereous-bordered band, 

 very near the base, and with two blackish divided costal patches ; 

 first patch diffuse ; second larger, triangular, near the tip, containing 

 three cinereous costal points. Length of^the body 6 lines; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



Bio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Capnodes schizospila. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; palpi graciles, subarcuati, oblique ascend- 

 entes, verticem paullo superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; alee 

 lineis tribus nigricantibus denticulatis indistinctis interruptis, 



