﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1837 



(Streak in front, and by a black dot bindward ; orbicular mark 

 forming a black dot; reniform concealed by a large black spot; 

 submarginal line pale, undulatint.% almost obsolete ; marginal points 



; blackish, elongated, indistinct. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of 

 the wings 15 lines. 



'a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



POAPHILA ORDINANS. 



Fcem. Cinerea ; alee anticce fuscescente-cinerece^ venis lineisque 

 albidis, his fuseo ynarginatis^ striga subcoatali ohliqua albida^ 

 maculis subcostalibus tribus coniiguis nigria, reynformi albido 

 marginata non excavata ; posticce lineis duabus albidis. 



Female. Cinereous, slightly paler beneath. Fore wings 

 brownish cinereous, with whitish veins and slender whitish lines, 

 which are bordered with dark brown; basal half line oblique; inte- 

 rior line forming an outward angle in the middle, shortened towards 

 the costa, where there is an oblique whitish streak a little beyond it ; 

 exterior line much bent; submar^inal line denticulated, less dis- 

 tinct, ending near the costa in three contiguous black spots, which 

 form a curved streak and have near them three costal white points ; 

 reniform mark with a whitish border, not excavated. Hind wings 

 with two whitish lines. Length of the body 5~5j lines; of the 

 wings 15 — 16 lines. 



a, b. St Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



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POAPIIILA EXSICCATA. 



Foem. CinereO'fusca ; palporum articulus Sus 2i dimidio no)i 

 brevior ; alee lineis undulatis obscure fuscis valde indistinctis^ 

 linea exteriore lata sub purpuras cente bene determinata nigro- 

 fusco maryinata antice abbreviata, fascia diffusa incompleta 

 obscure fusca lineam submarginalem pallidam indislinclam 

 angulosam includente ; anticce punctis marginalibus nigris, 

 reniformi subobsoleta ; posticcB lunulis marginalibus nigris, 

 fascia exteriore fusco interlineata. 



Female. Brown, with a slight cinereous tinge. Tbiid joint of 

 the palpi about half the length of the second. Wings with the lines 

 dark brown, undulating, very indistinct, except the exterior one, 



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