﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCEHA. 1055 



7. HOMOPTERA INVOLUTA. 



H. lan^iix simillima, fusco lignicolora,nigro suhconspersa ; thorax 

 fascia antica nigra ; tarsi antici nigri pallido cincti ; alee 

 anticce lineis duahus distinctis exteriorihus undulaiis nigris^ 

 plagis trihus magnis costalibus maculaque apud marginem ex- 

 teriorem nigricantihus ; posticce lineis paUidiorihus. Var. /3. 

 — Obscurior. Var. y. — Pallidior. 



Wood-brown colour, minutely speckled with black. Thorax 

 with a slender black band in front. Fore tarsi black, with pale 

 bands. Fore wings with the lines much like those of H. lunata, to 

 which this species is very nearly allied, but may be distinguished by 

 the two distinct exterior black undulating lines ; three large blackish 

 costal patches ; first and second diffuse ; third more defined, and 

 with some pale dots in front; a large diffuse blackish spot by the 

 middle of the exterior margin ; marginal streaks with whitish tips. 

 Hind wings with some paler lines. Var. j8. — Darker. Hind wings 

 with the pale lines hardly apparent. Var. y. — Fore wings much 

 paler, with the exception of the costal patches and of two irregular 

 and incomplete blackish bands. Length of the body 6^ — 7^ lines ; 

 of the wings 18 — 20 lines. 



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



8. HOMOPTERA PLENIPENNIS. 



Mas. Cinerea ; caput et thorax nigro conspersa ; alee anticce ex 

 maxima parte fusccB^ lineis transversis undulatis e punctis 

 nigris, lituris costalibus albidis, strigis marginalibus nigris 

 alho unipunctatis, fasciis duabus incompletis e squamis liri- 

 dibus. 



Male, Cinereous. Head and thorax thickly speckled with 

 black. Fore wings mostly brown, speckled with black, which here 

 and there forms irregular undulating transverse lines ; some slight 

 whitish marks along the costa, and a white dot on the tip of each 

 black marginal streak ; a few pale green scales indicating an exte- 

 rior band, and a more distinct interior band of the same hue. 

 Hind wings much like the fore wings, but with a more distinct 

 black band between the middle and the exterior green band ; inte- 

 rior green band less distinct. Length of the body 6J lines ; of the 

 wings 17 lines. 



a. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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