LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. /3 



brown except on the upper side. Wings with a black discal dot on 

 each beneath ; marginal points black, elongated. Fore wings with 

 the transverse lines undulating, a little darker than the ground- 

 colour, very indistinct. Hind wings hardly paler than the fore 

 wings, but without speckles. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 13. DORYODES. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Fasciculus frontalis acutus. Pro- 

 boscis brevis. Palpi validi. porrecti, lanceolati, pilosi ; articulus 3us 

 brevis. Antenna? subpectinatae, corporis dimidio paullo longioies. 

 Abdomen sublanceolatum, alas posticas superans ; fasciculus apica- 

 lis longiusculus. Pedes graciles, subnudi ; tibia? posticae calcaribus 

 lougis. Alas longiuscula?, sat angustae ; anticae margin e exteriore 

 postico perobliquo, angulo interiore valde rotundato. 



Doryodes, Guen. Phal. ii. 233. 

 Hermoea Cat. Lep Ret. 4th Ser. 12. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Frontal tuft prominent, acute. 

 Proboscis short. Palpi stout, porrect, lanceolate, pilose ; third joint 

 full one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae slightly pec- 

 tinated, little more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 slightly lanceolate, extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical 

 tuft rather long. Legs slender, almost bare ; hind tibiae with long 

 spurs. Wings rather long and narrow. Fore wings rectangular at 

 the tips ; hind part of the exterior border very oblique ; interior 

 angle much rounded. 



1. Doryodes acutalis. 



Mas. Cervina; ala anticce lineis duabus subrectis perobliquis pal- 

 lide testaceis fusco marginatis, littea interiore angulata, exte- 

 riore interlineata, linea subapicali tenia obliqua subarcuata 

 pallide testacea, guttis submarginalibus fuscis elongatis pallido 

 marginatis, reniformi e guttis duabus fuscis. 



Geometra acutaria, Rerr.-S chaff. Schmett. Eur. Suppl. 74, f. 447. 

 Doryodes acutaria, Guen. Phal. ii. 233, 130o. PI. 17, f. 6. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Abdomeu, hind wings and under side 

 whitish testaceous. Fore wings with two very oblique and nearly 

 straight pale testaceous browu-bordered lines ; the interior one form- 

 ing an angle near the costa ; the exterior one interlined, exteuding 



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