LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 311 



Female, Ferruginous. Palpi beneath, pectus and legs white. 

 Abdomen brown, with white bands beneath. Wings with a pale 

 marginal line. Fore wings minutely speckled with black, with two 

 irregular oblique interrupted luteous bands ; a luteous discal inter- 

 mediate spot. Hind wings with a regular entire paler luteous band. 

 Wings beneath luteous, with two irregular brown bands. Length 

 of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a, b. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented 



by Dr. Barnston. 

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



9. PYRAUSTA ErOSNEALIS. 



Foem. Rufescente-cinerea ; alee ex parte roseo-rufa? ; antica fas- 

 ciis duabus, la roseo-ritfa anticce abbreviata, 2a lutea obliqua 

 undulata roseo marginata antice abbreviata ; posticce lateritice. 



Female. Reddish cinereous. Fore wings partly rosy red. 

 Fore wings with two bands ; first rosy red, abbreviated in front, en- 

 closing two luteous dots ; a luteous discal dot between this band and 

 i the exterior one, which is luteous, oblique, undulating, distinct, rosy- 

 bordered, abbreviated by the costa. Hind wings brick-red. Length 

 of the body 2J- lines ; of the wings lines. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Asia. 



10. Pyrausta Silhetalis. 



Mas. Purpuraseente nigro-fusca ; corpus subtus pedesque fulva ; 

 aim postica nigra, fascia lata oehracea ; quatuor subtus fascia 

 flava. 



Pyrausta Silhetalis, Guen. Delt. et PyraL 166, 78. 



Silhet. 



11. PYRAUSTA ABSISTALIS. 



Foem. Nigricante-fusca, cupreo tincta, subtus lutea ; thorax luteo 

 marginatus, tegulis longissimis ; abdomen albo fasciatum, apice 

 nigrum ; aim punctis marginalibus indistinctis nigris, fimbria 

 cinerea interlineata ; antica costa ex parte fasciisque duabus 

 antice abbreviatis luteis ; postica fascia informi lutea. 



