﻿LEPTDOPTERA HETEROCERA 1279 



Male. Brown, fawn-colour beneath. Wing-s with the trans- 

 verse lines black, zio^zajr, distinct, rather numerous ; subraarginal 

 band slender, somewhat denticulated, especially in the fore win<^s ; 

 submarginal lunulas black, with a white mark on the exterior side 

 of each. Fore wings with the orbicular spot almost obsolete, the 

 reniform indistinct, forming a black spot on the under side, where 

 the transverse lines are almost obsolete. Hind wings beneath with 

 a brown interlined lunule near the base and with two exterior 

 brown bands, the inner one zigzag, the outer one broad and almost 

 interrupted. Length of the body 13 lines ; of the wings 34 lines. 



a. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. 

 Wood. 



6. Syrnta confundens. 



Fcem. Cervina^ nigricanie consperm^ subtus albido-testacea ; alee 

 lineis fuscis transversis angulosis plus minusve conjunctis, 

 fascia submarginali fusca undulata vlx distincta, lunulis 

 submarginalibus et marginalibus nigris distinctis parallelis, 

 fascia subtus fusca albido late mar ginata, fascia submarginali 

 subtus albida ; anticce orbiculari et reniformi distinctis testa- 

 ceo et ex parte nigro marginatis, hac magna, ilia subrotunda. 



Female, Fawn-colour, more or less thickly sprinkled with 

 blackish hairs, whitish testaceous beneath. Wings with transverse 

 zigzag more or less confluent brown lines; submarginal band 

 brown, undulating, rather indistinct; submarginal and marginal 

 lunules black, distinct, parallel to each other ; under side with 

 a middle broadly whitish bordered band, and with the submarginal 

 band whitish, not extending to the costa on the fore wings and in- 

 terrupted on the hind wings. Fore wings with the orbicular 

 and reniform spots distinct, bordered with testaceous and partly 

 bordered with black, the former almost round, the latter large and 

 irregular. Hind wings beneath with two slight interior brown 

 bands, and with a dark brown spot nearer the base. Length of the 

 body 11 lines ; of the wings 34 lines. 



Para. 



a. West Coast of America, Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. 

 Wood. 



