LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1629 



partly blackish ; costa straight; exterior border bent, very oblique 

 hind ward. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly excavated. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Erosia? bipartaria. 



Mas. Rufescente-cinerea, vix purpurascens, subtus schistacea ; 

 caput fuseum ; palpi validi, porrecti, caput super antes, articulo 

 So minimo ; antenna; pectinatce ; alee lata, puncto discali 

 iineisque duabus angulosis obscurioribus, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris, striga subtus discali nigricante ; anticce acuta?, costa 

 subconvexa ; postica abdomen superantes. 



Male. Reddish cinereous, with ji slight purplish tinge, slate- 

 colour beneath. Head dark brown. Palpi stout, porrect, extending 

 beyond the head; third joint obtuse, very small, less than half the 

 breadth of the second, and not more than one-sixth of its length. 

 Antennae moderately pectinated. Fore legs dark brown. Wings 

 broad ; interior and exterior lines zigzag, a little darker than the 

 ground hue, as is also the discal point ; exterior line blackish and 

 more distinct on the under side, where there is a blackish discal 

 streak ; marginal points black. Fore wings acute ; costa slightly 

 convex ; exterior border almost straight, slightly oblique. Hind 

 wings exteuding beyond the abdomen ; interior angle prominent. 

 Length of the body 6J lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



Amazon Region. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Page 853. 



Erosia ttjrbidaria. 



Foem. Pallide cinerea ; palpi porrecti, caput vix superantes; an- 

 tenna compresses; ala elongata, ferrugineo subtincta, strigis 

 obscurioribus indistinctis, lineis duabus angulatis ; antica 

 apice rotundata, lineis postice connexis, plaga marginali sub- 

 apicali fuscescente nigro marginata, costa convex a ; postica 

 punctis marginalibus nigris, margine exteriore antico subex- 

 cavato. 



Female. Pale cinereous. Palpi porrect, smooth, hardly ex- 

 tending beyond the head; third joint conical, minute. Antennae 

 smooth, stout, compressed. Wings elongate, partly and slightly 

 tinged with ferruginous-colour, with many indistinct transverse 



