LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 963 



1. Deva STIMULANS. 



Mas. Cervina, subtus cinerea ; caput et thorax anticus ochracea ; 

 abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce ex pirte ferrugineo nebulosa?, 

 lineis transversis undidatis argenteo canis, maculis nonnullis 

 basalibus fasciaque obliqua triramosa argenteis micantibus, 

 hac et tinea cinerea conjunctis, tinea transversa yuttulari 

 nigricante, reniformi distincta, lineis duabus marginalibus 

 argenteis ; postica? cenece, citiis angustis canis. 



Male. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Head and fore part 

 of the thorax ochraceous. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings partly 

 shaded with ferruginous, with several undulating transverse silvery 

 hoary lines, with some bright silvery spots near the base, and with 

 a bright silvery oblique band, which extends between the tip and 

 the interior angle ; this band is partly accompanied by a cinereous 

 line, and emits three branches, one to the exterior part of the inte- 

 rior border, another to the angle of the exterior border, and a third 

 to the costa near the tip ; a transverse row of blackish dots beyond 

 the reniform spot, which is distinct; two marginal silvery lines, the 

 exterior one zigzag. Hind wings aeneous, with hoary narrow ciliae. 

 Length of the body 6 ? lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



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

 e. — ; ? Presented by J. F. Stephens, Esq. 



2. Deva conducens. 



Mas. Cervina^ subtus cinerea ; abdomen subameo-cinereum ; alee 

 antica? subochracece, ferrugineo subnebulosa, basi liturisque 

 costalibus argenteo -cinereis, fascia obliqua ferruginea strigisque 

 duabus (una nigricante, altera argenteo-cinerea) connexis, ma- 

 culis nonnullis ex parte fusco marginatis spatioque exteriore 

 auratis, lunulis marginalibus argenteis; posticce cenea, ciliis 

 cinereis. 



Male. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Abdomen cinereous, 

 slightly aeneous. Fore wings dull ochraceous, slightly shaded with 

 ferruginous, silvery cinereous at the base, and with some silvery 

 cinereous marks along the costa ; a ferruginous oblique band ex- 

 tending from near the tip of the wing to the interior tooth, accom- 

 panied by a blackish streak, which is obsolete hindward, and by a 

 silvery cinereous streak, which is dilated hindward ; several irregular 



