

LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 725 



1. ISCADTA APERTA. 



Mas. Cana ; antenna lutece ; alee anticce ex parte subglaucescen- 

 tes, lineis quatuor angustis nigris, \a basali, 2a interiore, 3a 

 f areata, furca exteriore lineaque 4a connexis, tinea submargi- 

 noli albida angulosa, linea marginali nigra, orbiculari ex parte 

 cervina, reniformi nigro pupillata ; postica albce, semihyalinoe, 

 fusco ex parte marginata. 



Male, Hoary. Antennae luteous. Fore wings slightly and 

 partly glaucous, with four slender black transverse lines ; first line 

 basal ; second interior ; third divided in front of the renifonn spot, 

 the inner branch extending to the interior border, the outer branch 

 extending to a little beyond half the breadth of the wings, where it 

 turns outward and joins the fourth, which is very irregular, and ap- 

 proaches very close to the second on the costa ; submarginal line 

 whitish, angulose marginal dots forming an uninterrupted black 

 line ; orbicular spot partly fawn-colour, very much smaller than the 

 reniform, which has a black centre. Hind wings white, semihya- 

 line, partly and slightly bordered with brown. Length of the body 

 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



Genus OLYCA. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, 

 caput superantes ; articulus 2us longus, validus; 3us couicus, 

 minimus. Antennae subciliatae, corporis dimidio multo longiores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. Pedes longi, sat validi, 

 non pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alae anticae angustae, 

 apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore vix obliquo. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, 

 extending somewhat beyond the head ; second joint long, stout ; 

 third conical, very minute. Antennae very minutely ciliated, much 

 more than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending lor 

 one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs long, rather 

 stout, not pilose ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Fore wings narrow, 

 straight in front, rounded at the tips, very slightly oblique along the 

 exterior border. Hind wings rather narrow. Wings with broad 

 ciliae. 



3 Q 3 



