﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1473 



14. POAPHILA OBVERSA. 



Mas. Pallide cinerea ; palpornm articulus Sus 2i dimidio brevior ; 

 alee antincB vix subpurpurascentes, lineis interiore et exteriore 

 pallide fiavis fusco extwi marginatis, interiore subrecta aut 

 subarcuata, exteriore oblif/ua vix arcuata^ gutta postica 

 interiore atra, reniformi magna fusco marginata, panctis sub- 

 marginalibiis nigricantibiis ; posticce linea pallida siibobsoleta, 

 punciis marginalibas nigris distinctis, 



Male. Pale cinereous. Head and fore part of the thorax 

 slightly darker. Third joint of the palpi less than half the length 

 of the second. Fore wings rather acute, with a very slight lilac 

 tinge ; interior and exterior lines pale yellow, irregularly and dif- 

 fusedly bonlered with blackish brown on the outer side ; interior line 

 almost straight, or slightly curved inward, having a deep black dot 

 between it and the base near the interior border; exterior line 

 uDiique, very slightly curved inward ; reniform mark large, bordered 

 witii brown ; subaiarginal points blackish, not distinct ; marginal 

 points almost obsolete. Hind wings with a pale line, which is 

 almost obsolete, except towards the interior angle ; marginal points 

 black, distinct. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a, b, Georgia. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



15. POAPHILA AMPLISSIMA. 



Foem. Cervina ; alee margine exteriore cinereo^ punciis marginali- 

 bas nigris^ subtus cinereee^ lineis diiabus denticulatis fuscis ; 

 anticee fusco conspersee, lineis duabus fuscis subrectis sub- 

 parallelis non obliquis intus ferrugineo extus cano marginatis, 

 linea submarginali carta undulata denticulata, macula costali 

 subapicali cervina^ punciis tribus costalibus albis, reniformi 

 subobsoleta, linea discali cana aniice obsoleta. 



Female. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath, where the wings 

 have two brown denticulated lines. Abdomen cinereous, with a 

 slight fawn-coloured tinge. Wings with cinereous exterior borders 

 and black marginal points. Fore win us thickly speckled with 

 brown, with two upright almost straight and parallel brown lines, 

 bordered with ferruginous on the inner side, and with hoary 

 exteriorly ; submarginal line hoary, undulating and denticulated, 

 concise, straight and more oblique near the costa, where it bounds a 

 fawn-coloured spot, and near the latter has three whitish costal points ; 



