LEPIDOPIEBA HETEROCERA. 1627 



Erosia suejtruxcata. 



Mas. CeiTino-cinerea, subius fuscescens ; caput antice fuscum ; 

 antenna breves, compressor; alee sat angustce ; anticce sub- 

 it r. lineit nonnullis c Indistinctis subrectis aut 

 subundulitis cinereo marginatis, linea submarginali inter- 

 rupta pallide cinerea, striga apicali nigra, margine exteriore 

 angulato : poslictt margine exteriore subtruncato vix angulato. 



Male. Cinereous, slender, tinged with fawn-colour, brownish 

 beneath. Head brown in front Palpi very short. Antennae short, 

 siout, compressed. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth, slender; hind tibiae with four long spur*. 

 Wings rather narrow. F^re wiu^s acute, suhfaleate, with several 

 ie slender indistinct fawn-coloured nearly straight or slightly 

 undulating lines, which are bordered with pale cinereous; sub- 

 marginal line pale cinereous, incomplete, conuected in front with a 



: apical streak; discal streak convex, with a black mark near 

 its bise; exterior border augular, its hind part extremely oblique. 

 Hiud wings with lines like those of the fore wings, but less distinct : 

 fore part without markings ; exterior border slightly truncated, 

 hardly angular. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Erosia quadruxcata. 



Fcem. Subtestaceo-cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes ; ala lata, 

 nigro subconspersce, liaeis duabus fuscis indistinctis, la sub- 

 arcuata, 2a subreeta extus cinereo marginata, margine exteriore 

 posiico falcato excavato ; anticce subfalcata 3 , linea exteriore 

 angulato, striga adhuc exteriore pallide cinereafusco marginata, 

 puncto discali nigro ; posticus nebula submarginali purpura- 

 e-cinerea, margine exteriore antico subexcavato. 



Female. Cinereous, with a slight testaceous tinge. Palpi 

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

 conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second. Wings broad, 

 very ihii.ly and minutely black-speckled; interior and exterior lines 

 brown, indisliuct; interior line slightly curved, broade-t in the hind 

 lerc it .5 nearly obsolete in front: exterior line oblique, 

 nearly straight, bordered with pale cinereous on the outer side, an- 

 gular hindvsurd in the fore wings, where it is accompanied on the 



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