LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1669 



minuta transversa punctoque discali rufis ; frons palpique 

 albescentes ; antenna maris ciliata, fcem. filiformes. 



Fidonia spodiaria, Lefebvre, Mag. ZooL Class ix. pi. 8, 1831. 



Sicily. 



Page 1034. 



Fidonia eugraphiata. 



Mas. Cinerea, breviuscula, luteo subtincta ; palpi validi, lanceo- 

 lati, capitis latitudine paullo breviores, articulo So fusco 

 longi-conico ; antenna pectinaia ; alee ochracea, nigricante 

 conspersce, lineis duabus nigricantibus vix undulatis, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris ; antica subacuta, linea media late inter- 

 rapta annuloque discali nigricantibus. 



Male. Cinereous. Body rather short and stout, slightly tinged 

 with luteous. Palpi porrect, stout, lanceolate, a little shorter than 

 the breadth of the head ; third joint brown, elongate-conical, about 

 half the length of the second. Antennae moderately pectinated, 

 except towards the tips. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wiugs. Legs smooth ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 

 mostly ochraceous, transversely blackish-speckled ; interior and 

 exterior lines blackish, hardly undulating, well-defined; marginal 

 points black. Fore wings slightly acute ; middle line blackish, ap- 

 parent only on the costa and on the interior border; discal ringlet 

 blackish, large; costa straight; exterior border hardly convex, 

 rather oblique. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



a, 6. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Fidonia cyclata. 



Mas. Subochracea ; palpi latiusculi, fimbriate , caput vix super- 

 antes ; antenna pectinata ; ala nigro subconspersa ; antica 

 acuta, nigricante conspersa, vitta costali lineaque exteriore 

 maculari non conspersis, macula discali ochracea nigro 

 signata ,• postica macula discali alba rotunda nitente. 



Male. Dull ochraceous, mostly pale cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 fringed, porrect, raiher broad, hardly extending beyond the head; 

 third joint extremely short. Antennae moderately pectiuated, except 

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

 Legs smooth ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings thinly and 

 minutely speckled with black ; under side darker along the exterior 



