LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 7s,3 



Cinereous-brown, white beneath. Palpi porrect, short, broad, 

 white beneath. Antennae blackish. Wings rather narrow. Fore 

 wings somewhat rounded at the tips; interior and exterior lines 

 darker, denticulated; the latter bent, diffusedly pale bordered on 

 its outer side; marginal points dark, indistinct; orbicular and 

 renitbrm marks brown, the latter subquadrate. Hind wines a 

 little paler, with a very indistinct exterior line. Length of the 

 body 3 ? lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



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



29. Scopula Thoonalis. 



Mas. Fusca, sat gracilis; palpi porrecti, subincumbentes, turn 

 lati, articulo So elongato ; antenna robustai, subpubescentes ; 

 pectus album ; alee angusta, concolores, lituris nullis aut fere 

 obsoletis ; antica apice rotundatce, margine exteriore per- 

 obliquo. 



Male. Brown, rather slender, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 rather slender, as long as the breadth of the head, slightly curved 

 downwards; third joint elongate-conical. Antennae stout, minutely 

 pubescent. Pectus white. Wings narrow, with none or almost 

 obsolete markings. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; exterior border 

 very oblique. Hind wings not paler than the fore wings. Length 

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



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



West Indies. 

 30. Scopula Diotimealis. 



Fcem. Cervina, sat gracilis, sublus albida ; oculi albo cincti ; 

 palpi porrecti, breves, non lati ; palpi maxillares distincti ; 

 abdomen testae eo-albidum ; alee sat angustce; anticce apice 

 subrotundatce, lineis interiore et exteriore testaceis nndulatis, 

 linea interiore intus diffusa, linea exteriore denticulata extus 

 diffusa, orbiculari guttulari et reniformi maculari fuscis. 

 punctis marginalibus nigricantibus ; postica* albido-cinerece, 

 linea exteriore cinerea indistincta extus testaceo marginata, 

 linea marginali testacea. 

 Female. Fawn-colour, rather slender, whitish beneath. Head 

 white about the eyes. Palpi porrect, short, not broad, white beneath. 



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