﻿LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 1477 



Female, Brownish cinereous. Third joint of the palpi very 

 short. Fore win^s with the transverse lines indistinct, undulating, 

 and zigzag, pale cinereous bordered with dark brown ; submarginal 

 line diffuse ; marginal points black, marked with whitish ; reniforni 

 mostly whitish, contracted in the mifldle. Hind wings without 

 markings above ; under side with the discal line and the marginal 

 l)and indistinctly visible. Length of the body 4 — 4J lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



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



b, Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Country unknown. 



22. POAPHTLA PERSPICUA. 



Mas. Cinerea, valida ; palporum articulus Sus 2i dimidio Ion- 

 gior ; alee anlicce vix suhpurpurascentes^ linea inferiore et reni- 

 formi fuscescentihus suhohsoletis^ linea exteriore obliqua recta 

 valde distincta intus testaceo marginata^ punctis sub- 

 marginalibus elongatis nigricantibus ; posticce ciliis apice 

 albidis, 



Male, Cinereous, compact, with an almost obsolete lilac tinge ; 

 under side, abdomen, and hind wings more ashy cinereous. Palpi 

 rather stout, obliquely ascending; third joint a little more than half 

 the length of the second. Fore wings with the apical angle sharply 

 defined ; interior line and reniform mark brownish, almost obsolete ; 

 exterior line oblique, straight, brown, very distinct, with a testaceous 

 inner border ; submarginal points elongated, blackish. Hind wings 

 with the ciliae whitish cinereous towards the base. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



23. POAPHILA DISSOCIANS. 



Mas. Pallide cinerea fusco conspersa, subtus pallide cervina ; alee 

 linea marginali tenui fusca ; anticce lineis interiore et exteriore 

 testaceis valde distinctis extus nigricante marginatis, linea 

 suhmarginali e punctis nigricantibus^ gutta basali postica 

 atra, reniforrnis margine lato pallide fusco ; posticce fusceS" 

 cente-cinerece, linea pallida subundulata indistincia, 



6m 



