LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEEA. 1461 



Hind wings white, with an incomplete yellow middle line, and with 

 a yellow submarginal band, which is much abbreviated in front and 

 contains an undulating white line. Length of the body 3 lines; of 

 he win^s 9 lines. 



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



SCOPULA FERVIDALIS. 



Foem. Rufescem ; palpi par recti, rostriformes, capitis latitudine 

 fere duplo longiores, articulo '>\o lanceolato 2i dimidio tongiore ; 

 alee anticce, angustee, peracutce, linen duabus flavescentibus, \a 

 angulosa^ 2a angulata, punctis marginalibus nigricantibus 

 alba notatis, striga apicali alba ; posticcB ochracecB, fimbria 

 rufescente. 



Female, Reddish, shining. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 white. Palpi porrect, ros triform, nearly twice longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; second joint white beneath, except at the tip ; third 

 lanceolate, more than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 slender. Abdomen .extending beyond the hind wings. Wings 

 narrow. Fore wings very acute, with two yellowish lines; first line 

 antemedial, zigzag; second postmedial, forming an outward angle; 

 marginal points blackish, slightly white-bordered, the subapical one 

 accompanied by a white streak ; exterior border slightly convex, 

 very oblique. Hind wings ochraceous ; fringe reddish. Length of 

 the body 3J ? lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



SCOPULA? PRODFGALIS. 



Fcem. JEneo-cervina ; abdomen aurato-flavum, alas posticas longe 

 super ans ; pedes gracillimi ; alee anticce plaga postica basali 

 lineaque postmedia obliqua undulata flavis, punctis margin- 

 alibus argenteo-albis nigro notatis ; posticce aurato-flavce. 



Female, iEneous fawn-colour, slender. Body beneath and 

 legs silvery white. Abdomen, hind wings and under side of fore 

 wings gilded yellow. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs long, very slender. Fore wings acute, moderately 

 broad, with a yellow patch on the base of the interior border, and 

 with an undulating oblique yellow line at three-fourths of the length; 

 marginal points silvery white, black-marked ; exterior border slightly 



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