LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. I* 1 * 9 



Fore wings cinereous, ameous-brown speckled, with an ameous- 

 brown denticulated antemedial line, and with an «*eo«£brown 

 undulating line, which is very near to a much excavated eneous- 

 Zwn marginal band; orbicular and renform marks brown- 

 bordered, tlTe latter partly blackish bindvvard; ™rgm*l pomts 

 blackish. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 4 hues, ot 

 the wings 10 lines. 



„. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 Dr. Barnstou. 



SCOPARIA BIPIAGIALIS. 



Mas. Obscure cinerea ; palpi aneo-fmci, porrecti, lati ; abdomen 

 arqenteo-cinereum, alas posticas sat superans ; fasciculo apicali 

 parvo; alee antica striga basali nigra, plagis duabus nigra 

 marginal linea exteriore undulata fasciaque margmali jus- 

 cescentibus, punctis marginalibus obscure fuscis; posticm 

 cinerece. 

 Male. Dark cinereous, pale silvery cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 ameous-brown, porrect, broad, squamous, white beneath towards the 

 base, as long as the breadth of the bod. Antenna, stout pubescent. 

 Abdomen silvery cinereous, extending rather beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft small. Tibia, and tarsi with blackish bands Fore wings 

 with a black streak at the base, and with two brownish black-bordered 

 patches which extend to the costa; an exterior undulating brownish 

 line and a submarginal brownish band, which is much contracted 

 in the middle ; marginal points dark brown. Hind wings cinereous. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 

 a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 Dr. Barnston. 



SCOPAEIA CONTEMPTALIS. 



Mas. A Ibida ; caput et thorax fusca ; palpi porrecti, pilosi, arti- 



culo 3u parvo lanceolato ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans, 



fasciculo apicali elongato ; aim anticce angustce, nigro con- 



spersa, apice rotundata, lineis duabus angulosis e atomis mgris, 



yuttis duabus maculaque exteriore nigris. 



Male, Whitish, silvery whitish beneath. Head and thorax 



brown. Palpi porrect, pilose, as long as the breadth of the head ; 



third joint lanceolate, about one-fourth of the length of the 



second. Maxillary palpi fringed, not more than half the length 



