LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. lOtfl 



4. Edema producta. 



Mas et foem. Cinerea ; palpi et pedes antici supra nigro-fusci ; 

 thorax fusco bifasciatus ; alee antica? fusco subnebulosce, fasciis 

 duabus angustis ramosis strigisque exterioribus nigris^ macula 

 apicali alba ; posticce fusca, subtus albidce fasciis guttulari- 

 bus fuscis. 



Male and female. Cinereous. Palpi above blackish brown. 

 Antennae brown. Thorax with two brown bands. Legs whitish ; 

 fore legs above blackish brown. Fore wings slightly mottled with 

 brown, and with two irregular black slender bands; the first emit- 

 ting a branch from its middle towards the base of the wing; the 

 second emitting two branches to the fore part of the exterior border ; 

 a white apical spot, a whitish spot at the base, and some black 

 streaks along the exterior border. Hind wings brown, wilh a 

 whitish fringe; under side whitish, with two or three bands of 

 brown dots. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines; of the wings 11 — 12 

 lines. 



a. St. John's Bluff, E, Flovida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



c. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Var. /3. Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; abdomen albido tine turn ; alee an- 

 ticce albido varice, villa una fasciis duabus strigaque fuscis ; 

 postica ferrugineo-fuscce, albido ciliatce. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Abdomen with a whitish tinge. 

 Fore wings tinged with a shining whitish hue, which is indistinctly 

 mottled, and is interrupted by a brown stripe in front and by two 

 oblique brown bands, also by an undulating brown streak adjoining 

 the outer brown band. Hind wings ferruginous-brown, with a 

 white fringe. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



5. Edema fuscescens. 



Mas et foem, Cervina, nigro conspersa ; thorax anticus, pectus 

 pedesque albida ; alee antic a fusco varice, nigro trifasciatce ; 

 lunulis exterioribus fasciaque subapicali nigris ; postica 

 fusca, albido ciliatce. 



Male and female. Fawn-colour, with blackish speckles. Palpi 

 pale testaceous beneath. Antennae brown. Thorax in front, pectus 

 and legs mostly whitish. Fore» wings indistinctly mottled with 



