LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 505 



16. DlANTH^CIA ARMERLE. 



Fcem. Flavescente-cinerea, D. comptae affinis, oviductu apicem 

 versus longiore tenuiore spatulato ; thorax pilis cinereis albis- 

 que ; alee anticce fascia lata alba maculas orbicularem et reni- 

 formem includente ; posticce pallidce. 



Dianthaecia Armerice, Boisd. MSS. Guen. Noct. ii. 26, 702. 



South Kussia. 



North America. 



17. DlANTH^lCIA CAPSULARIS. 



Cinerea ; thorax lineis transversis nigris ; aim anticce lineis undu- 

 latis duplicatis strigisque marginalibus lanceolatis nigris, illis 

 albo marginatis, orbiculari alba ; posticce cinerece. 



Dianthaecia capsularis, Guen. Noct. ii. 22, 693. 



a. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



South America. 



18. DlANTHiECIA? DELECTANS. 



Mas. Testaceo-fusca ; abdomen testacenm, fasciculis apiceque 

 fuscis; alee anticce lineis duplicatis angulosis nigricantibus, 

 maculis vix conspicuis, plaga exteriore nigricante, macula 

 apicali cervina albido lineata, lunulis marginalibus nigris ; 

 posticce cinereo-cenece, marginibus ceneo-fuscis. 



Male. Testaceous-brown. Palpi obliquely ascending; third 

 joint not more than than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Abdomen testaceous, with brown tufts towards the base, and a 

 brown tip. Fore wings with the transverse lines double, zigzag, 

 blackish; discal spots very indistinct; a large blackish patch 

 beyond the reniform spot, adjoining the apical spot, which is lawn- 

 coloured with whitish lines; marginal lunules black. Hind wings 

 cinereous-aeneous, with aeneous-brown borders. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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