LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1341 



Hydrocampa? DISPULSALIS. 



Foem. Alba ; palpi graciles, oblique ascendentes, basi cervini, 

 articulo So lanceolato ; antenna gracillimce ; thorax cervino 

 fasciatus ; ala? angusta, fimbria nigra punctata ; anticce pallide 

 cervince, albo varia, nigra subcomperscB, fasciis duabus albis, 

 la perobliqua subuudulata, '2a marginali lineam pallide cer- 

 vinam includente ; posticce lituris minus determinatis. 



Female, White, ^lender. Proboscis very short. Palpi pubes- 

 cent, slender, obliquely ascending, fawn-coloured towards the base, 

 not rising so high as the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, about half 

 the length of the second. Antennae very slender. Thorax with a 

 pale fawn-coloured band. Legs smooth, very slender. Wings 

 narrow, with black points on the fringe. Fore wings acute, pale 

 fawn-colour, with some black speckles and with a few white intervals ; 

 two narrow white bands ; first slightly undulating, very oblique ; 

 second marginal, including a festooned pale fawn-coloured line. 

 Hind wings with mat kings much like those of the fore wings. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; o! the wings 8 lines. 



a. Limas, Honduras. Presented by H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



Hydrocampa inoenata. 



Mas. Pallide einereo-cervina, gracillima ; palpi porrecti, fimbriati, 

 capitis latitudine breviores ; antennce robusta?, pubescentes ; 

 alee anticce acutce, punclis marginalibus fuscis ; posticce alba, 

 linea marginali fusca. 



Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour, very slender. Body beneath, 

 abdomen and legs silvery cinereous. Palpi porrect, with a short 

 thick fringe above, shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 acute, minute. Antennae stout, pubescent. Abdomen extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft elongate. Legs very 

 slender. Fore wings acute ; marginal points brown ; exterior border 

 straight, rather oblique. Hind wings white, with a brown marginal 

 line. Length of the body 4 J lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Bogota. In Mr. Birchall's collection. 



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