LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1723 



of the second. Wing's with blackish speckles, which are here and 

 there confluent in the fore wings; exterior line black, denticulated, 

 hardly undulating; middle line less distinct; submarginal line pale 

 cinereous, zigzag; lunules and discal lunule blackish. Fore wings 

 acute; interior line blackish, indistinct; costa straight; exterior 

 border slightly convex, very oblique. Hind wings with the exterior 

 border slightly dentate. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



a. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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SCOTOSIA DIFFUSATA. 



Mas. Subfnscente-cinerea; palpi fusci, breves, longi-conici ; an- 

 tennce glabrce ; tibice posticce calcaribus longissimis ; alee amplce, 

 elongate, puncto discali nigricante, linea submarginali albida 

 angulosa, margine exteriore subdentato ; anticce acuta?, e lineis 

 nigris subdenticulatis trifasciata? ; posticce lineis nonnullis 

 fuscisy 



Male. Cinereous, with a slight brownish tinge. Palpi brown, 

 porrect, short, elongate-conical; third joint conical, very minute. 

 Antennae slender, smooth. Abdomen extending very little beyond 

 the hind wings, with two small brown marks on each segment. Legs 

 smooth, rather slender ; hind tibiae with four very long spurs. Wings 

 ample, elongate; exterior border slightly dentate; submarginal line 

 whitish, zigzag; discal point blackish. Fore wings acute, with three 

 bands, each composed of several slightly denticulated black lines ; 

 costa straight ; exterior border very slightly convex, rather oblique. 

 Hind wings with some slight brown lines, which are most apparent 

 along the interior border. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 20 lines. 



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



SCOTOSIA SPILOTATA. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca, robusta ; palpi frontem non superantes ; 

 pedes validi, calcaribus longissimis ; alee elongatce, subnebulosce, 

 nigro conspersce, lineis duabus nigris denticulatis subundulatis, 

 lineis nonnullis interioribus indistinctis, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris, margine exteriore dentato ; antica? vix acuta?. 



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