﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1709^ 



Male. Whitish cinereous. Thorax and fore wings slightly 

 speckled with black, the former with two brown bands in front. 

 Fore wings with two exterior undulating parallel lines of black 

 points; marginal points black, very small; a larger white discal 

 point. Hind wings aeneous-cinereous, whitish in front, with a tes- 

 taceous marginal line. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 1 1 lines. 



a. Morelon Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



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OrTHOSIA SPURCILINEA. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palporum articulus 3m5 2i dimidio multo longior ; 

 antenncE simplices ; thorax antice atro guttatus ; abdomeu fas- 

 ciculo apicali testaceo ; alee anticce lineis quatuor pallidioribus 

 suhreclis^ annulis duohns discalibus pallidis connexis, linea 

 media indistincta punctisque marginalibiLS nigricantibus ; 

 posticus obscuriores, fimbria albida, 



Male. Cinereous, a little paler beneath. Third joint of the 

 palpi much more than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 simple. Thorax with a deep black dot in front. Abdomen with 

 the apical tuft testaceous. Fore wings with four paler nearly 

 straight lines; first, second and third accompanied with black dots; 

 two pale discal ringlets connected together, and the one connected 

 with the second line, the other wiih the third line; an indistinct 

 blackish line between these two lines ; marginal points blackish, 

 accompanying the pale marijinal festoon. Hind wings a little 

 darker than the fore wings; fringe whitish. Length of the body 6 

 lines; of the wii)gs 12 lines. 



a, b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



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Orthosia guttilinea. 



Mas. Cervina, subtus cinerea; antennce validce^vix crenulatce ; 

 abdomen paUide cinereum ; pnles dense pilosi ; alee antice 

 cinereO'Cervince, lineis interiore et exteriore e punctis nigns, 

 linea submarginali albida subundulata, lunulis marginalibus 

 fuscis, fimbria latissima^ orbiculari et reniformi magnis, 

 albido marginatis ; posticce albidce, margine subcinereo. 



