LEPIDOPTERA. HETEROCERA. 



1465 



Hind wings with a purplish brown marginal band. Length of the 



body 3£ lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



a, b. Liinas, Honduras. Presented by H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



ScOPULA ? DETERSALIS. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi porrecti, pilosis capitis latitudine 

 vix breviores, articulo So lanceolato, 2o non breviore ; abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans, segmentis albido marginatis ; alas 

 antiece elongate, fascia media fusca undulata nigric ante mar '- 

 ginata, linea exteriore nigra denticulata subundulata cinereo 

 marginata, linea submarginali cinerea angulosa indistincta, 

 punctis marginalibus nigricantibus ; postica ceneo-cinerea, 

 puncto nigricante, fascia marginali fusca. 

 Female. Cinereous-brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 pilose, nearly as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceo- 

 late, as long as the second. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending 

 a little beyond the hind wings; hind borders of the segments 

 whitish. Legs slender. Fore wings acute, elongate, with a middle 

 dark brown undulating blackish-bordered band ; an exterior black 

 denticulated slightly undulating line, which is cinereous-bordered 

 on the outer side; submarginal line cinereous, zigzag, indistinct ; 

 marginal points blackish ; exterior border slightly convex, rather 

 oblique. Hind wings aeneous-cinereous, with a blackish discal 

 point and with a brown marginal band. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 9 lines, 

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



SCOPULA ORDINATALIS. 



Mas. Ochracea ; palpi breves, porrecti, lati, rostriformes, articulo 

 3o minimo ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans, fasciculo 

 apicali albido ; ate lineis tribus fuscescentibus subangulosis ; 

 antica* linea exteriore fuscescenie. 

 Male. Ochraceous, silvery white beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 broad, rostriform, silvery white beneath towards the base, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint very minute. An- 

 tennae minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending much beyond the 

 hind wings ; apical tuft whitish, small. Legs silvery white, mode- 

 rately stout; fore tibiae and fore tarsi with dark cupreous bands, 

 two on the tibiae and two on the tarsi. Wings with three slightly 



