LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 451 



a — I. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



m—q. England. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



r, s. England. Presented by E. Shepherd, Esq. 



t. England. From Mr. King's colllection. 



u, u. England. 



w y x. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



4. SlMAETHIS LASCIVIANA. 



lasciviana, Ld. 



5. SlMAETHIS NEMORANA. 



nemorana, Hh. — incisalis, TV. 



South America. 



6. SlMAETHIS AMATANA. 



Mas et foem. Fusca aut nigricans, subtus alba; antenna albo 

 annulatce ; pedes argenteo fasciati ; alee anticce apice subro- 

 tundatce, lineis quatuor transversis cinereis dentatis, squamis 

 subcostalibus viridibiis, tinea submarginali e punctis purpureis, 

 fimbria albo binotata; posticce macula discali lineolisque dua- 

 bus submarginali bus cinereis, linea subapicali purpurea, fim- 

 bria strigis tribus obliquis albis. 



Male and female. Brown or blackish, white beneath. Palpi 

 slender, smooth, lanceolate, hardly curved, porrect iu the male, 

 ascending in the female. Antennae with white rings. Legs with 

 silvery white bands. Wings beneath with deep black submarginal 

 points. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips, with four trans- 

 Terse dark cinereous more or less dentate lines ; some green metallic 

 subcostal scales, and a submarginal line of purple metallic points ; 

 fringe with two white marks, one apical, the other near the interior 

 angle. Hind wings with a round discai dark cinereous spot, with a 

 purple subapical line, and with two short cinereous submarginal 

 lines ; fringe with three oblique white streaks; uuder side with some 

 white purple-glistening lines. Length of the body I \ — 2 lines; 

 of the wings 5 J — 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



