LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1297 



with a small white mark on the exterior border at a little behind the 

 middle. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. ? 



Genus iEDIODES, C. L, H, xvii. 347. 



JEdiodes quaternalis. 



quaternalis, Ld, Wien. Ent. Mon, vii. 483, pi. 17, f. 1. 



Amboina. 



jEdiodes minualis. 



Mas. Cupreo-fusca ; abdomen alas posticas paullo superans, seg- 

 mentis albo marginatis, fasciculo apicali cinereo parvo sub- 

 compresso ; alee sat anyustce, fimbria argenteo-albida fusco 

 interlineata ; anticce lineis duabus albidis, 2a valde flexa apud 

 costam dilatata, puncto maculisque duabus albis intermediis ; 

 postica? linea alba antice dilatata et abbreviata, 



Male, Cupreous-brown, slender. Body beneath and legs 

 silvery white. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hiud wings ; 

 hind borders of the segments white ; apical tuft small, cinereous, 

 slightly compressed. Wings rather narrow ; fringe silvery whitish, 

 interlined with brown. Fore wings acute, with two whitish lines ; 

 first line near the base; second beyond the middle, dilated and white 

 on the costa, its middle part deeply bent ; a white point and two 

 subquadrate white spots between the lines; first spot behind the 

 point; second beyond the point. Hind wings with a white oblique 

 middle line, which is dilated and abbreviated towards the costa. 

 Length of the body 2J lines ; of the wings 8% lines. 



a. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 



iEDIODES INSCITALIS. 



Foem. Fusca ; palpi oblique ascendentes, subtus dense fimbriati, 

 arliculo So minimo ; abdomen alas posticas fere dimidio su- 

 perans, segmentis argenteo-albo marginatis ; alee IqtiuscuUe, 

 dimidio basali alba ferce hyalince ; antica acuta?, basi, vitta 

 costali, maculis duabus quadratis lint aque exterior 'e inter rupta 

 fuscis, striga adhuc exteriore alba subhyalina ; posticce fascia 

 lineaque exteriore f us cis angulosis. 



Female, Brown. Body beneath and legs silvery white. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending, hardly rising higher than the vertex, silvery 



