﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1781 



Male. Ferruginous, paler benealh. Abdomen tawny. Fore 

 wings with irregular interrupted diffuse black lines, paler and with 

 a greenish tinge along the exterior border; exterior line complete, 

 anjjular ; a serpentine emerald-green white-marked streak in the 

 disk towards the base; marginal lunules black. Hind wings 

 aeneous-brown, whitish in the disk towards the base. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



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Abrostola devincta. 



Fcem. CinereO'fusca : abdomen alas posticas dimidio fere super - 

 arts ; alee anticce extus oblique cinerea., macula magna subtes- 

 tacea apud marginem interiorem, lineis ferrugineis undulatis 

 obliqais indistinctis, exteriore bene determinata lineolam 

 nigram versus marginem exteriorem emittente, macula apicali 

 albida puncf.um nigrum includente, orbiculari et reniformi 

 pallide ferrugineis ; posticce ceneo -fuscce, fimbria albido 

 notata. 



Female, Cinereous-brown, paler beneath. Palpi slightly as- 

 cending ; second joint very pilose; third less than one-third of the 

 length of the second. Abdomen extending for nearly half its 

 length beyond the hind wings. Fore wings obliquely cinereous ex- 

 teriorly, with a large pale somewhat testaceous spot by the interior 

 border near the base ; lines ferruginous, undulating, oblique, indis- 

 tinct, except the exterior one, which emits a black line towards the 

 exterior border; a whitish apical spot including a black point; 

 orbicular and reniform marks pale ferruginous, the former small ; 

 the latter almost divided in the middle. Hind wings aeneous- 

 brown ; fringe with whitish marks. Length of the body 5 lines ; of 

 the wings 9 lines. 



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



Abrostola congressa. 



Foem. Cinerea ; thorax nigro fasciatus^ antice subferrugineus ; 

 abdomen subtestaceum, alas posticas vix superans ; alee an^ 

 ticcE peracutcBf fusco subnebulosce^ glaucescente aut purpuras^ 



