"LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1167 



Genus LOCASTRA, C. L. H. xvi. 158, 



LOCASTRA RUDIS. 



rudis, Wlk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd Ser. i. 115. 

 Hindostan. 



Genus BERTULA, C. L. H. xvi. 162. 



Bertula excelsalis. 



excelsalis, Wlk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd Ser. i. 115. 



Brazil. 



Bertula inconcisaus. 



Fcein. Cinerea ; palpi porrecti, capitis latitudine non breviores, 

 articulo 2o apicem versus subfimbriato, 3o lineari ; antenna 

 subsetuloscB ; alee laice,fusco conspersce, linea antemedia lunu- 

 lisque marginalibus fuscis, linea submarginali pallide cinerea 

 angulosa valde indistincta ; anticce subacutce, puncto fasciaque 

 exteriore subobliqua fuscis . 



Female. Cinereous. Body paler beneath. Frontal tuft pro- 

 minent. Palpi porrect, squamous, rather slender, as long as the 

 breadth of the head ; second joint with a short fringe above towards 

 the tip ; third nearly linear, hardly acute, half the length of the 

 second. Antennae slender, rather long, very minutely setulose. 

 Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth. 

 Wings broad, brown-speckled, with a brown antemedial line and 

 with brown marginal lunules, which are hardly apparent in the hind 

 wings ; a very indistinct zigzag pale cinereous submarginal line. 

 Fore wings slightly acute, with a brown point in the disk beyond 

 the line, and with an exterior slightly oblique brown band, which is 

 irregular on the outer side ; exterior border slightly convex and 

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



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Bertula? subcupralis. 



Fcem. Cinerea; caput et thorax anticus pallide ochracea ; 

 palpi graciles, verticem longissime superantes, articulo 2o 

 arcuato subfimbriato, So lanceolato ; alee lata, costa subtus 

 subochracea ; anticce acutce, vix purpurascentes, lineis duabus 

 undulatis antemediis 9 fasciis duabus plagaque marginali 

 cupreis. 



