LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 53$ 



Var. B. Costal streak of the fore wings wanting, discal stripe 

 appearing only at its tip. 



Var. y. Like Var. /3. Discal stripe of the fore wings replaced 

 by a slender streak, which extends along the hind border and is 

 slightly dilated at the lip. 



a—e. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 113. CROCOTA. 



Mas et Fccm. Corpus mediocriter validum, non longum. Palpi 

 robusti, porrecti, pubescentes, capitis longitudine; articulus 3us 

 gracilis, acurninatus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae setaceae, subse- 

 tosa?, sat validae, corporis dimidio non aut vix longiores. Abdomen 

 alarum margines posticos non attingens. Pedes sat graciles ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alse latiusculae, non longae , 

 anticae ad costam vix convexae, apicibus subangulatae, marginibus 

 apicalibus obliquae, postice vix angulatae. 



Crocota, H'ubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. 



Male and Female. Body moderately stout, not long. Palpi 

 stout, porrecc, pubescent, as long as the head ; third joint slender, 

 acuminated, not half the length of the second. Antennae setaceous, 

 slightly setose, rather stout, hardly or not more than half the length 

 of the body. Abdomen not extending so far as the hind wings 

 Legs rather slender ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather 

 broad, not long. Fore wings very slightly convex in front, slightly 

 angular at the tips, oblique along the apical border, indistinctly 

 angular behind ; first, second and third inferior veins approximate 

 at the base ; fourth remote iruitt ilie third. 



1. Crocota fereuginosa. 



Ferrugirvea ; abdomen guttis dorsalibus nigris ; alee posticae gutta 

 discali maculisque tribus marginalibus nigricantibus. 



Ferruginous, paler beneath. Abdomen pale ferruginous, with 



a row of dorsal black dots. Hind wings pale ferruginous, with a 



' blackish dot in the disk, and two or three blackish spots along the 



border. Length of the body 3^ — 4 lines; of the wings 10 — 11 



lines. 



a—c. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. u Cater- 

 pillar w T ith fine brown hairs," MSS. Presented by Dr 

 Barnston. 



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