LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 755 



Hadena SUBJECTA. 



Mas. Testacea ; thorax fasciis duabus nigris late interruptis ; 

 alee antica? fascia obscuriore media obliqua nigro marginata et 

 interlineata, lituris costalibus strigisque exterioribus nigris, 

 linea submarginali albida undulata indistincta ; orbiculari et 

 reniformi magnis subrotundis subaqualibus nigro marginatis ; 

 postica? alba?,fusco marginata, 



Male. Testaceous. Thorax with two widely interrupted black 

 bands. Fore wings with a darker oblique middle band, which is 

 bounded and interlined with black; the usual black marks along the 

 costa, and black streaks along the exterior border; submarginal line 

 whitish, undulating, indistinct ; orbicular and reniform spots large, 

 nearly round, almost equal in size, mostly bordered with black. 

 Hind wings white ; exterior border and adjoining part of the fore 

 wings brown. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Hadena aperiens. 



Nigro-fusca ; palpi ascendenies; articulus 3ns cylindricus, 2i 

 triente non brevior ; abdomen cinereum ; ala? antics fascia 

 lata ligno-fusca antice abbreviata, orbiculari et reniformi ligno- 

 fusco interlineatis et marginatis, orbiculari rotunda, reniformi 

 obliqua perangusta, linea duplicata exteriore obscure fusca, 

 linea submarginali undulata cervina ; posticce albida?, linea 

 marginali duplicata fusca. 



Blackish brown. Palpi ascending; third joint cylindrical, 

 about oue-third of the length of the second. Abdomen cinereous. 

 Fore wings with a broad wood-brown-coloured band, which is 

 abbreviated in front about the orbicular and reniform spots, which 

 are interlined and bordered with wood-brown colour; orbicular 

 round ; reniform oblique, very narrow ; a double dark brown line 

 just beyond the reniform, and an undulating fawn-coloured submar- 

 ginal line. Hind wings whitish, with a double brown marginal 

 line. Length of the body 5 — &$ lines ; of the wings 11 — 12 lines. 



a — c. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



