LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCEEA. 293 



South America. 



49. Teras coxnexaxa. 



Mas. Cervina; alee antiece apice rectangulatce, atomis nonnullis 

 fuscis et nigricantibus ^ fasciis duabus fuscis obliquis in- 

 distinctis nigro-fusco marginatis, 2a valde abbreviata, punctis 

 costalibus nigricantibus; posticce pallide ochraceo-cervince, 

 subtus strigatce. 



Male. Fawn-colour, pale ochraceous and fawn-colour beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, much longer than the breadth of the head ; second 

 joint with a short thick fringe above; third elongate-conical, not 

 more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennas very 

 minutely setulose. Fore wings sharply rectangular at the tips, with 

 a few brown and blackish speckles, and with two indistinct oblique 

 brown bands, which are partly and concisely bordered with dark 

 brown ; second band almost obsolete, except towards the costa ; 

 costa convex towards the base, very straight and with a few blackish 

 points exteriorly ; exterior border straight, not oblique. Hind 

 wings pale ochraceous fawn-colour; transverse streaklets darker, 

 hardly apparent above; fringe cinereous, interlined with brownish 

 towards the base. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



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



50. Teras excerptana. 



Fcem. Pallidissime cervina; palpi capitis latitudine non bre- 

 viores ; alee conspersce ; antiece striga postica fusca diffusa 

 latissima lineam anticam nigram obliquam ex parte in- 

 I cludente; posticce subcervino-albidce. 



Female. Very pale fawn-colour. Palpi porrect, stout, as long 

 as the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, hardly one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Wings elongate, with many minute darker speckles. 

 Fore wings acute, with a diffuse very broad brown streak, which 

 proceeds from beyond the middle of the disk to the exterior border, 

 and is partly traversed by a black line, which proceeds outward from 

 two-thirds of the length of the costa to the disk; costa and exterior 

 border very slightly convex, the latter moderately oblique. Hind 



