LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 403 



much abbreviated hind ward ; costa and exterior border slightly con- 

 vex, the latter hardly oblique; under side and hind winsis blackish, 

 the latter with a whitish fringe. Length of the body 2^ lines; of 

 the wings 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



24. Carpocapsa carana. 



Fcem. Cupreo-nigra ; alee anticce apice rectangulata, antice pur- 

 pureo tinctte, disco exteriore aurato-ochraceo lituris nigro- 

 cupreis, strigulis costalibus obliquis albis ; posticce disco 

 aurato-ochracece. 



Female. Cupreous-black. Palpi slightly curved and ascending, 

 much shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint extremely 

 short. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, with a purple tinge in 

 front; exterior part of the disk gilded ochiaceous, with cupreous- 

 black marks; costa slightly convex, with oblique white streaks; 

 exterior border convex, hardly oblique. Hind wings with a gilded 

 ochraceous disk. Length of the body 2j lines; of the wings 

 5 — 6 lines. 



Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



25. Carpocapsa comptana. 



Fcem. Cupreo-nigra ; alee anticce apice rectangula tee, disco exte- 

 riore ochraceo strigulis plurimis cupreo-nigris, strigis costalibus 

 obliquis ochraceis basi albis ; postica fimbria cinerea. 



Female. Cupreous-black, a little paler beneath. Palpi por- 

 rect, hardly extending beyond the head ; second joint slightly 

 curved, hardly fringed ; third extremely small, short, hardly visible. 

 Fore wings rectangular at the tips, with some oblique ochraceous 

 costal streaks, which are while at the base; exterior disk ochra- 

 ceous, with numerous transverse partly confluent cupreous-black 

 streaks; costa almost straight ; exterior border slightly convex and 

 oblique. Hind wings with a cinereous fringe. Length of the body 

 2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



This species hardly differs from C. carana, with the exception 

 of the ochraceous disk of the hind wings of the latter. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



