LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1349 



Scntosia affirmata, Guen. Phal. ii. 447, 1636, pi. 9, f. 2. 

 Brazil. 



13. SCOTOSIA DUBIFERATA. 



Foem. Fusca ; palpi lati, brevissimi, rostriformes ; alee anticce 

 vix falcatce, lineis tribus interioribus obscurioribus, spatio 

 medio subobscuriore e lineis niyris denticulatis incluso, linea 

 submaryinali cinerea angulosa, staiga discali atra ; posticce 

 denlatce, linea submaryinali. 



Female. Brown, with a cinereous tinge beneath. Palpi broad, 

 rostriiorm, very short. Wings ample; marginal line black, fes- 

 tooned ; under side with a black discal dot. Fore wings acute, 

 hardly falcate, with three or four darker brown denticulated lines 

 towards the base; middle space a little darker than the ground hue, 

 bordered by two denticulated black lines ; submarginal line cinereous, 

 zigzag; discal streak deep black; exterior border almost straight, 

 rather oblique. Hind wings dentate, without lines, except the sub- 

 marginal one, which is less distinct than that of the fore wings. 

 Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 26 lines. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



14. SCOTOSIA METAGRAMM ATA. 



Fcem. Obscure cervina; palpi niyricantes, breves, lati, oblique 

 ascendentes ; alee ampla, linea submaryinali cinerea denticu- 

 lata ; anticce peracutce, spatio medio obscuriore, lineis non- 

 nullis fuscis denticulatis ; linea submaryinali postice dilatata, 

 yutta discali niyra transversa ; posticce dentatce. 



Female. Dull fawn-colour, hardly paler beneath. Palpi 

 blackish, broad, short, obliquely ascending; third joint conical, mi- 

 nute. Winirs ample, with a brown marginal festoon; submarginal 

 line cinereous, denticulated. Fore wings very acute, with several 

 brown oblique denticulated lines; middle space a little darker than 

 the ground hue, bounded by two dark brown lines, which are com- 

 posed of lunules; marginal space also darker; submarginal line 

 dilated and forming a conspicuous mark near the interior angle ; 

 discal dot black, transverse; exterior border straight, rather oblique. 

 Hind wings dentate, with the lines conspicuous on the veins. Length 

 of the body 7 — 8 lines; of the wings 22 — 24 lines. 



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



