LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1707 



EUPITHECIA TRITARIA. 



Mas. Viridescente-cinerea ; palpi breves, latiusculi, obtasi; an- 

 tennce validce ; abdomen cylindricum, apice subtumidum, alas 

 posticas paullo superans ; alee elongate, lineis plurimis obscu- 

 rioribus denticulatis obscurioribus ; antica? subacute, puncto 

 discali nigricante ; posticce lineis subobsoletis. 



Male. Greenish cinereous, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 obtuse, rather broad, much shorter than the breadth of the head; 

 third joint conical, very minute. Antenna? stout. Abdomen cylin- 

 drical, somewhat tumid towards the tip, extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Wings elongate, with many indistinct darker denticulated lines. 

 Fore wings slightly acute, with a blackish discal point; costa 

 straight; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Hind wings 

 with the lines almost obsolete. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



EUPITHECIA SPILOSATA. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palpi lanceolati, latiusculi, capitis latitudine vix 

 breviores, articulo So minimo ; antennae glabra? ; abdominis 

 fasciculus apicalis albus ; alee sat angusta, punctis marginalia 

 bus nigris ; antica? vix acuta?, gutta discali lineisque exteriore 

 et submarginali punctularibus nigris. 



Male, Cinereous. Palpi porrect, lanceolate, rather broad, 

 nearly as long as the breadth of the head; third joint very minute. 

 Antennae smooth. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft white, small. Wings rather narrow ; marginal 

 points black. Fore wings hardly acute; exterior and submarginal 

 lines composed of black points; discal dot black; underside with 

 the exterior line obsolete hindward, composed in front of a few 

 black dots, of which the largest is costal ; exterior border convex, 

 very oblique. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



EUPITHECIA ? STRIATALIS. 



Ferruginea ; ala elongate, lineis exterioribus tribus nigris obliquis 

 subrectis ; anticce macula marginali subapicali alba. 



