LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Ferruginous, white beneath. Hind part of the head and fore 
part of the thorax whitish. Abdomen mostly fawn-colour, with two 
stripes of brown and luteous spots, and with two intermediate rows 
of transverse white dots. Fore wings with numerous transverse un- 
dulating black lines, and with a white discal dot between two broad 
white hands, the exterior band broader than the other, interrupted 
hindward, and containing near the tip of the costa a large ferrugi- 
nous spot. Hind wings paler, with a fawn-coloured band, which is 
white towards the interior border. Length of the body 20 lines; 
of the wings 50 lines. 
a . Hio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
8. Macrosila Forestan. 
Cana , viridi cervinoque varia , subtus alba ; thorax fascia antica 
vittisque duabus nigris ; abdomen strigis nigris obliquis late - 
ralibus ; alee antica f asciis undulatis nigricantibus , lineis 
duabus rectis discalibus lineaque arcuata subapicali nigris ; 
posticce nigricantes^f asciis obliquis albidis , ciliis albis. 
Var. Pallide cinerea , subtus albida ; palpi albi apice fusci ; tho- 
rax fascia antica vittisque duabus nigris ; abdomen e maculis 
nigris bivittatum , guttis intermediis fuscis ; alee antica lineis 
nonnullis transversis undulatis fuscescentibus , striga apicali 
arcuata nigra , plaga discali ferruginea ex parte nigro margi- 
nata et albo uniguttata ; posticce obscure fuscce, apud angu- 
lum interior em cinerce. 
Sphinx Forestan, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 216, pi. 394, f. B. 
Cocy tius Forestan, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 140, 1499. 
Hoary, more or less varied with green and fawn-colour, 
white beneath. Thorax with a black band in front, and a black 
stripe along each side. Abdomen with a black oblique streak 
on each side of every segment. Fore wings with undulating 
blackish hands, with two straight black discal lines, and with a 
curved black subapical line. Hind wings blackish, with whitish 
oblique hands which are indistinct above, except towards the inte- 
rior angle; ciliae white. Length of the body 19 21 lines; of the 
the wings 46 — 52 lines. 
Var. Pale cinereous, whitish beneath. Palpi white, with 
brown tips. Thorax with a slender black band in front, and with a 
