LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 359 



Female. Pale fawn-colour. Head, palpi, legs and under side 

 of the body whitish. Palpi porrect, shorter than the breadth of the 

 head ; second joint fringed ; third extremely short. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the lips, with a brown band, which proceeds 

 Outward from one-third of the length of the interior border, and is 

 abbreviated towards the costa; a few small pale brown marks near 

 the exterior part of the costa and towards the exterior border ; fringe 

 pale cinereous; costa straight; exterior border hardly convex, 

 rather oblique. Hind wing's blackish cinereous; fringe pale cine- 

 reous. Length of the body 2\ lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Nova. Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



101. CONCHYLIS GRATA.NA. 



Mas. Aurato-fiava, sublus einerea ; a/a* antica? vix acuta?, lituris 

 quatuor costalibus, lineis daabus obliquis postice connexis 

 iineiujiw. submarginali rufis ; postica? einerea?* Var. IS. — Ala? 

 antica? rufo tessellatcc. 



Mule. Gilded yellow. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 

 cinereous. Palpi porrect, reddish on the outer side; third joint 

 conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennic 

 setulose, pubescent. Abdomen extending- a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Fore wings hardly acute, with four elongated red marks 

 along the costa, with two oblique red lines, which are united near 

 the interior border, and with a submarginal red line; costa nearly 

 straight; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Var.fi. — 

 Fore wings tessellated with red. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of 

 the wings 9 lines. 



a— d. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 



102. CONCHYLIS CRETIFERANA. 



i Foem. Subtestaceo-albida ; pa l.pi fuseescentes ; ala? laliuscula? ; 

 antica? a pice rotundattc, linea exteriore alba transversa undu- 

 lata ; posticus testaceo strigata?. 



Female. Whitish, very slightly tinged with testaceous. Palpi 

 porrect, brownish, as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 Sanceolate, about half the length of the second. Wings rather 

 'bioad. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips, with an exterior 

 transverse white undulating line; costa hardly convex; exterior 

 border convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings with minute testaceous 



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