LEP1D0FTERA HETEROCERA. 1169 



Bertula DIVERSALIS. 



Foem. Pallide ochracea ; palpi ochracei, graciles, subarcuaii, 

 verticem longissime superantes, articulo 2o subtus subfimbriato, 

 So lanceolato ;\ thorax antice et abdomen chalybwo-cinerea, 

 hoc basi pallide ochraceum ; alee chalyb&o-cinerece, vitta 

 obliqua albida ochraceo varia postice ferrugineo marginata ; 

 anticce acuta?, plaga postica alba magna nitente, lineis duabus 

 albis nitentibus angulosis nigricante marginatis, striga postica 

 rufescente, linea submarginali nigra postice inter rupta^punctis 

 duobus discalibus nigris, margine exteriore subjlexo ; postica 

 striga brevi nigra, fascia ochracea valde indeterminata lineo- 

 lam albam angulosam nigricante marginatam includente, linea 

 submarginali e punctis lunulisque nigris, margine exteriore 

 subdentato. 



Female, Pale ocliraceous, whitish and pearly beneath. Palpi 

 ochraceous, slender, slightly curved, much longer than the breadth 

 of the head and rising very much higher than the vertex, whitish on 

 the inner side ; second joint with a very short fringe beneath ; third 

 lanceolate, much shorter than the second. Antennae slender. Tho- 

 rax in front and abdomen above, except at the base, chalybeous- 

 cinereous. Wings chalybeous-cinereous, with a whitish ochraceous- 

 varied stripe, which occupies the basal part of the hind wings and 

 decreases in breadth to the tips of the fore wings, and is bordered 

 on the hind side by a ferruginous line. Fore wings acute, with a 

 large shining white patch about the interior angle, and with two 

 shining white zigzag blackish-bordered lines; first line bordering 

 the patch ; second intersecting the patch, accompanied at its hind 

 end by a reddish streak ; a submarginal black line, of which the 

 hind part is interrupted and composed of points ; two black points 

 in the disk, one behind the other; exterior border slightly bent in 

 the middle. Hind wings with a short black streak in the disk, and 

 with a very incomplete and irregular ochraceous band, which con- 

 tains near the interior angle a short white blackish-bordered zigzag 

 line ; submarginal line black, composed of points in front and of 

 lunules hindward ; exterior border slightly dentate. Length of the 

 body b\ lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Ceraua, In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



