LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
1547 
This genus differs much from the other genera of Cossida , and 
has some resemblance to the Nocluites. The four following species 
may be all varieties of M. Smerintha. 
1. Morpheis Smerintha. 
Pallide fusca ; abdomen obscure fuscum , marginibus apiceque pal- 
lide fuscis ; alee antica nigro subpunctatce , macula apicali 
fasciisque duabus interrupts nigricantibus ; postica albida , 
antice testacece , basi fuscescentes. 
Morpheis Smerintha, Hubn. Samml. Exot . Schmett. ii. Lep . iii. 
Phal. iii. Fodicantes , i. Teredines , B. Gradies , i. 1 , 2, 3, 4? 
Myelobia pustulata, Boisd. Herr.- S chaff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. ], f. 
152. 
Male. Pale brown. Abdomen dark brown ; borders and tip 
pale brown. Fore wings slightly sprinkled with black points, with 
a blackish apical spot, and with two oblique interrupted blackish 
bands, the first more oblique than the second and composed of three 
spots, the second interrupted in the middle and extending nearly to 
the apical spot. Hind wings whitish, testaceous in front, brownish 
at the base. 
Para. 
Var. p. Fawn-colour. Fore wings with a very broad oblique 
band of various blackish marks. Hind wings wirite. Length of the 
[body 16 lines; of the wings 46 lines. 
p. “ Found at sea (Atlantic), 500 miles from land.’’ 
2. Morpheis paleacea. 
Mas. Straminea ; alee anticce punctis obscuris suhconspersce , api- 
cibus fasciisque duabus cinereis ; posticce alba. 
Myelobia paleacea, Boisd. Herr.-Schaff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 1 f 
f 150. 
| Male. Straw-colour. Fore wings slightly sprinkled with dark 
i oints, with pale gray tips, and with two oblique gray bands ; the 
; rst short, on the hind border at one-fourth of the length of the 
find wing ; the other joining the hind border at half the length of 
Ue wing, extending thence nearly to the tip, where it forms an 
*mte angle. Hind wings white. 
•razil. 
