LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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West Indies. 
16. Hypochalcia ceryinistrigalis. 
Fcern. Cinerea ; pa/pi validi , disjuncti , capitis latitudine multo 
longiores ; thorax subroteus ; alee linea marginali fusca, fim- 
bria interlineata ; anticce nigro conspersce , costa liturisque 
discalibus albidis , basi vittisque tribus roseis , punctis submar - 
ginalibus nigris. 
Female. Cinereous, paler beneath. Front rather prominent. 
Palpi porrect, stout, remote from each other, much longer than the 
breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, a little shorter than the 
second. Antennas slender. Body whitish beneath. Thorax some- 
what rosy. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 
Wings with a brown marginal line ; fringe with two brown lines, 
one of which is basal. Fore wings narrow, hardly acute, minutely 
black-speckled ; costa and some discal marks whitish ; base arid 
three irregular stripes rosy ; first stripe in the exterior part of the 
disk ; second hindward, nearly connected with the third, which is 
marginal ; submarginal points black, minute. Hind wings with a 
whitish cinereous fringe. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 
11 lines. 
a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection. 
17. Hypochalcia pyralina lis. 
Fcem. Cinereo-fusca , subiridescens ; corpus subtus albidum ; 
palpi porrecti , lanceolati , disjuncti , capitis latitudine bre - 
viores , articulo So minimo ; alee anticce latiusculce , subacutce , 
macula discali guttisque duabus interioribus nigricantibus , 
linea exteriore cinerea denticulata intus fusco marginata ; 
posticce linea exteriore vix conspicua . 
Female. Cinereous-brown, shining, slightly iridescent, cinereous 
beneath. Body whitish beneath. Palpi porrect, lanceolate, apart 
from each other, shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint 
very minute. Antennae slender. Abdomen hardly extending be- 
yond the hind wings. Wings rather broad. Fore wings slightly 
acute, with a blackish discal spot, and with two less conspicuous in- 
terior blackish discal dots; exterior line cinereous, denticulated, 
brown-bordered on the inner side. Hind wings rather paler, with 
slight indications of the exterior line. Length of the body 3J lines ; 
of the wings 9 lines. 
a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection. 
