LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1553 



Male. Body nither stout. Proboscis moderately Jong. Palpi rather 

 broad, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third 

 joint extremely short. Antenna? broadly pectinated, except towards 

 the tips. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, rather stout ; hind tibiae not incrassated, with four long; 

 spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings hardly acute, with 

 a large semihyaline vesicle near the base; costa straight; exterior 

 border convex, moderately oblique. 



CaRIPRjEA mendaciaria. 



Mas. Albido-cinerea, suhtus gubteslacea ; alee lineis interiore et 

 exteriore funds dentatis interrupts niyro punc talis, macula 

 submaryinali subquadrata fusca, spatio marginal* fuscescente 

 nebuloso, puncto discali puncthque maryinalibus niyris. 



Male. Whitish cinereous, with a testaceous tinge on the under 

 $ide. Wings with the interior and exterior lines brown, dentate, 

 very irregular and incomplete, accompanied by a few black points; 

 a brown subquadrate spot on the outer side of the exterior line ; 

 marginal space clouded with pale brown; discal point and marginal 

 points black ; under side without markings, except a brown discal 

 point and a browu marginal band, which is abbreviated hindward 

 in the hind wings. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 

 liues. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Page 498. 



Boi.ETOBIA FULIGINARIA. 



a. Europe. From Dr. Herri ch-ScbajnWs collection. 



Paye 5 12. 



Geometra pigrarja. 



Late viridis ; al<2 puncto discali niyro, tinea exteriore recta ob- 

 licfua alba; antica falcaUe^ lineis tribus interioribui arcuatis 

 rubric, la 2aque fasciam purpurearn includentibus, costa 

 Jlavescente. 



Geometra Rhanis, var. ? 



Phalaena-Geometra pigraria, Anon. Ins. Surinam, 39, pi. 10. 



Surinam. 



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