LEPJDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1469 



SCOPULA JUCUNDALIS. 



Foem. Nigricans ; capitis vertex, thorax anticus, pectus, abdomen, 

 pedes et alee posticm late ochracea ; palpi lanceolati, breves, 

 subtus ochracei ; abdomen nigricante quinque maculatum ; 

 alee anticce lat<e, acutce, vittis tribus fasciaque marginali 

 Jlavescente-albidis, vitta \a subcostali interrupta ; posticce 

 linea marginali nigra, , 



Female. Blackish. Vertex of the head, fore part of the thorax, 

 pectus, abdomen, legs and hind wings bright ochraceous. Palpi 

 lanceolate, ochraceous beneath, much shorter than the breadth of 

 the head ; third joint lanceolate, minute. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings, with a blackish spot on each segment from 

 the second to the sixth. Legs smooth, slender ; fore legs black 

 above. Wings broad. Fore wings acute, with three yellowish 

 white stripes, which are bright ochraceous on the under side and 

 extend nearly to a yellowish white marginal band ; first stripe sub- 

 costal, widening from the base to its tip, nearly interrupted before 

 the middle and interrupted beyond the middle; second stripe shorter 

 than the first; third shorter than the second. Hind wings with a 

 black marginal line. Length of the body 4 J lines; of the wings 

 U lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



SCOPULA DILACERATALIS. 



Mas. JRufescens ; capitis latera argenteo-alba ; fasciculus frontalis 

 productus ; antennce dense setulosce ; alee anticce strigis non- 

 nullis nigris latis longitudinalibus argenteo-albo marginatis, 

 linea marginali nigra strigulas albas includente ; postica arneo- 

 cinerece, fascia marginali fusca lata lineam cineream angulo- 

 sam includente. 



Male. Reddish. Body pale cinereous beneath. Head silvery 

 white on each side above; frontal tuft prominent. Palpi rostriform, 

 whitish beneath. Antenna? thickly setulose. Abdomen silvery 

 cinereous, with a slight aeneous tinge, extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs smooth. Fore wings acute, with some broad 

 irregular longitudinal black streaks, which are broadly and irregu- 

 larly bordered with silvery white ; a black marginal line, which is 



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