LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 1165 



inferior vein thrice further from the fourth than from the second. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



10. Drepana marginata. 



Mas. Flava ; caput roseum ; alee fasciis nonnullis angustis obli- 

 quis undulosis subobsoletis rufescentibus ; anticce apud costam 

 fere rectce, apice subfalcatce, margine exteriore unduloso rufo 

 nigro ?wtato, guttis duabus discalibus albis. 



Male? Like D. rosea in the form of its wings. Yellow. 

 Head rose-colour. Antennas like those of D. rosea in structure. 

 Legs partly red, more pilose than those of D. rosea ; hind tibiae with 

 very minute spurs. Wings with some slender indistinct oblique 

 and undulating pale reddish bands. Fore wings nearly straight in 

 front, slightly falcate at the tips, undulating along the exterior bor- 

 der, which is convex in the middle ; costa with a slight reddish 

 tinge towards the base ; exterior border with a red band, which con- 

 tains some black marks, and is continued to the fore part of the ex- 

 terior border of the hind wings ; two white discal dots ; second 

 inferior vein about twice further from the third than from the first ; 

 third twice further from the fourth than from the second. Length 

 of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



South America. 



11. Drepana? apicu lata. 



Alee falcatce, supra pallide testacece, linea obliqua obscuriore, sub- 

 tus lutescentes, linea obscure fusca, apice subcinereo. 



Drepana apiculata, Dalm. Anal. Entom. 51, 27. 



Brazil. 



12. Drepana? flavaria. 



Mas. Corpus testaceum; alee ferrugineo marginatce ; anticce 

 costa strigaque posticce e maculis tribus luteis ; posticce lutece. 

 Phalasna flavaria, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 171, pi. 287, f. F. 

 Ancistrota flavifuscula, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcence Sphingoides 

 Platypterices Falcatce) 149, 1568. 



Surinam. 



