LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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52. SciAPHILA SINICANA. 
Mas. Fnsca ; ala antica acuta, strigis costalibus obliquis argenteo- 
cinereis , striga postica lata angulata plagaque marginali 
argenteo-albis ; postica fuscescente-cinerea. 
Male. Brown, brownish cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, 
shorter than the breadth of the head; second joint fringed; third 
extremely short. Antennae stout, very minutely setulose. Fore 
wings acute, with oblique silvery cinereous streaks on the exterior 
part of the costa, with a broad angular silvery white streak extend- 
ing from the disk to the interior border, and with a silvery white 
patch, which joins the hind part of the exterior border ; costa hardly 
convex ; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind 
wings brownish cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 
(> lines. 
a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society’s collection. 
53. SCIAPHILA ? MOLLISANA. 
Foem. Purpurascente-cinerea ; palpi capitis latitudine multo 
breviores , articulo 3 o minimo ; ala antica vix acuta , lineis 
nonnullis interruptis saturate fuscis , macula liturisque parvis 
costalibus atris. 
Female . Purplish cinereous. Palpi porrect, fringed, much 
shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint extremely minute. 
Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 
hardly acute, with some transverse irregular and interrupted deep 
brown lines, and with a deep black costal spot beyond the middle ; 
costa slightly convex, with small oblique deep black marks ; exterior 
border slightly convex, hardly oblique. Hind wings cinereous. 
Length of the body 2 lines; of the wiugs 6 lines. 
a . China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 
54. SciAPHILA ? PERFECTANA. 
Mas. Argenteo-alba ; palpi atro vittati; thorax macula trans- 
versa air a ; abdomen nigricans ; ala antica lituris transversis 
angulosis punctisque atris, svbtus nigricantes ; postica nigri- 
cante-cinerea, fimbria alba. 
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