LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1505 



the fore wings. Wings with the interior and exterior lines dark 

 ferruginous, oblique, slightly denticulate; interior line bent towards 

 the costa ; middle line diffuse, indistinct ; under side with the middle 

 and exterior lines very distinct. Fore wings subfalcate; exterior 

 border distinctly bent, slightly excavated. Hind wings with a 

 black discal dot; exterior border much notched. Length of the 

 body 9 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



Canada. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



Endropia? decurtaria. 



Obscure cinerea; alee fasciis duabus obscurioribus interruptis 

 nebulosis, puncto discali nigro ;' anticce subfalcatce, apud 

 marginem exteriorem viridescente-cinerece, litura costali sub- 

 apicali nigra. 



Acrosemia decurtaria, Herr.-Sch. Exot. Schm. pi. 84, f. 481. 



Equinoctial America. 



Endropia? subapicata. 



Mas. Rufescente-cervina ; palpi porrecti y brevissimi; antenna 

 glabra ; tibice posticce incrassata, calcaribus breviusculis ; 

 alee elongatce, nigro conspersce, linea cxteriore albida recta 

 apud costam angulata, spatio adhuc exteriore pallido, puncto 

 discali nigro ; antica litura apicali nigricante, linea interiore 

 ferruginea undulata, margine exteriore subangulato ; posticce 

 sat angulatce. 



Male. Reddish fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Palpi por- 

 rect, not extending beyond the head; third joint extremely short. 

 Antenna; stout, smooth. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Hind tibiae incrassated, with four rather short spurs. 

 Wings elongate, with minute black speckles, which are most distinct 

 on the under side; exterior line whitish, straight, oblique, acutely 

 angular towards the costa of the fore wings ; space beyond the line 

 paler; discal point black. Fore wings subquadrate at the tips, 

 with a blackish apical mark; interior line ferruginous, undulating; 

 costa hardly convex ; exterior border slightly angular before the 

 middle, very oblique hindward. Hind wings with a more prominent 

 angle than that of the fore wings in the middle of the exterior 

 border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



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