LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Female. Blackish cinereous. Palpi porrect, pilose, shorter than 
the breadth of the head; third joint conical, not more than one- 
fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen cinereous, extending 
a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings hardly acute, with two 
irregular silvery cinereous bands, which are much straitened in the 
middle; first band dilated hindward; second containing a black 
streak hindward, dilated along the costa, where it contains some small 
black marks; fringe silvery cinereous; costa and exterior border 
straight, the latter hardly oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length 
of the body 2 \ — lines ; of the wings 6 — 9 lines. 
a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 
Dr. Barnston. 
43. SciAPHILA ? FERRIFERANA. 
Mas et fcem. Obscure argenteo-cinerea ; caput et thorax saturate 
ferrugineo-rufa ; alee anticce basi, plaga obliqua rhomboidali 
punctoque apicali saturate ferrugineo-rujis , plaga strigam 
emittente ; posticce ceneo subtinclce, fimbria albida. 
Male and female. Deep ferruginous-red. Palpi ascending, 
stout, short; second joint pilose ; third very minute. Wings, abdo- 
men and under side dark silvery cinereous. Fore wings indistinctly 
blackish tessellated, with the base, an apical point, and an oblique 
intermediate rhomboidal patch deep ferruginous-red, the patch 
emitting a broad streak to the middle of the exterior border; costa 
straight, except towards the base ; exterior border slightly convex, 
hardly oblique. Hind wings with an aeneous tinge; fringe whitish. 
Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a— d. North America. From Mr. Carter’s collection. 
44. SCIAPHILA PERSTRUCTANA. 
Fcem. Nigricans; alee anticce f asciis quinque chalybceis indeter- 
minatis ex parte interlineatis ; posticce cenece. 
Female. Blackish, dark cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, 
broadly fringed, shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint 
very minute. Fringe of the wings cinereous, with a blackish line 
near the base. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, with five irregular 
partly interlined chalybeous bands; costa straight; exterior border 
