﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1725 



lines darker. Length of the body 5^ lines; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



a, Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



Hadena vacillans. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca^ subtus pallide cinerea ; palporum articulus 

 3us 2i dimidio hrevior ; antennce simplices ; thorax antice 

 nigra fasciatus ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce subpurpuras- 

 centes^ nigricante nebulosce, lineis nigris undulatis incomplelis^ 

 punctis marginalibus nigris, gutta punctisque duobus et reni- 

 formi contiguis ; posticce cinerece. 



Male. Ferruginous brown, pale cinereous beneath. Third 

 joint of the palpi less than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 simple. Thorax with a black undulating band in front. Abdomen 

 cinereous. Fore wings with a slight purplish bloom, partly clouded 

 with blackish; lines black, undulating, incomplete; submarginal 

 line denticulated ; marginal points black ; orbicular and reniforra 

 marks not distinct, the latter accompanied by a white dot and two 

 white points. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 11 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Page 590. 



Hadena xylophila. 



Mas. Fusca, subtus cinerea ; palporum articulus Zus 2i dimidio 



non brevior ; antennce simplices ; thorax fascia antica nigri- 



cante ; abdomen cinereum, cristatum; pedes dense pilosi; tarsi 



nigro fasciati; alee anticce dimidio exteriore pallide sub- 



iestaceo cinerece, lineis exteriore et submarginali pallidioribus, 



ilia denticulata, hac undulata, lineis interioribus pallidis 



nigrisque denticulatis, plaga costali subapicali nigricante, 



puncto apudangulum interiorem nigro, strigis submarginalibus 



nigricantibus, punctis marginalibus obscure fuscis, reni- 



formi pallida marginata ; posticce cenece, basi et antice 



cinerece. 



Male. Brown, cinereous beneath. Third joint of the palpi 



full half the length of the second. Antennae simple. Thorax with 



a blackish band in front. Abdomen cinereous, crested. Legs 



7k 



