LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEUA. 651 



Var. a. Hind wings with three submarginal spots and a marginal 



streak. 

 Var. ft. Hind wings with two submarginal spots. 

 Var. y. Hind wings with one submarginal spot. 

 Var. 8. Hind wings unspotted. 



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

 b—d. ? 



4. Hypercompa Lecontei. 



Alba; caput, prothorax et pedes lutea ; antennce nigra; palpi 

 apice nigri ; thorax et abdomen fusco univittata ; alee anticce 

 fusca vitta antica fasciaque subapicali e maculis albis ; pos- 

 tica nonnunquam gutta postica fusca. 



Callimorpha Lecontei, Boisd. 



Var. a. Fore wings with four white spots ; second nearly round. 

 Var. jS. Second spot forked; fourth interrupted. 

 Var. y like var. ft. Third spot nearly divided. 

 Var. S like var. #. Second and third spots divided. 



a — d. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 e,f. ? 



5. Hypercompa confinis. 



Alba; caput, prothorax, abdomen basi et coxce anticce ex parte 

 lutea; thorax et abdomen fusco vittata ; alee antica margini- 

 bus plerumque fasciaque obliqua fuscis. 



White. Head, prothorax, fore coxae and abdomen at the base 

 luteous. Proboscis tawny. Palpi with black tips. Antennae black. 

 Thorax and abdomen with a brown stripe. Fore wings brown, with 

 a discal slightly angular white slvipe, and an elongate- triangular 

 oblique subapical white band. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



a — d. United States. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



6. Hypercompa contigua. 



Alba ; caput et prothorax lutea ; palpi nigri, basi lutei ; antennce 

 nigrce ; thorax et abdomen fusco univittata ; ala anticce mar- 

 ginibus plerumque fascia postmedia vittaque subapicali fuscis ; 

 postica macula submarginali fusca. 



White. Head, prothorax and fore coxae luteous. Proboscis 

 tawny. Palpi black, luteous at the base. Antennae black. Thorax 

 and abdomen with a brown stripe. Fore wings brown, with a white 



