LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 809 



Ferruginous-cinereous. Antennae black. Abdomen cinereous. 

 Fore wings with the transverse lines paler or blackish, slightly 

 undulating, very indistinct and incomplete ; submarginal line 

 zigzag ; orbicular and reniform spots cinereous, large, their borders 

 partly black, the former about half the size of the latter; cilice 

 interlined with black. Hind wings cinereous, with darker borders. 

 Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. St. John's Bluff, East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, 



Esq. 



13. Erastria biplaga. 



Mas. Cinerea, fusco varia ; abdomen fusco cristatum ; alee 

 anticce fuscce, nigra conspersce^ striga basali fasciaque brevi 

 lata obliqua roseo-albis, triente marginali cinerea, linea mar- 

 ginali interrupta obscure fusca, orbiculari subobsoleta, reni- 

 formi nigro aut albido marginata ; posticce cinere&. 



Male. Cinereous, varied with brown. Abdomen with brown 

 crests. Fore wings brown, speckled with black ; a basal streak and 

 a short broad oblique band proceeding from the costa to the disk 

 rosy-white ; marginal third part cinereous ; marginal line dark 

 brown, interrupted ; orbicular spot almost obsolete ; reniform indi- 

 cated by a black or whitish outline. Hind wings cinereous. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Illinois. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Africa. 



14. Erastrta? punctifera. 



Mas. Fusca ; abdomen cinereo-fuscum ; alee anticce guttis variis 

 albis, lineis transversis undulatis incompletis nigricantibus, 

 linea submarginali e guttis nigricantibus ; posticce fuscescente- 

 cinerea. 



Male. Brown. Head wanting. Abdomen cinereous-brown. 

 Fore wings with various white dots, which are mostly contiguous to 

 the incomplete and irregular blackish transverse undulating lines ; 

 submarginal line composed of blackish dots. Hind wings brownish 

 cinereous. Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



