LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Female . Pale fawn-colour. Head, palpi, legs and under side 
of the body whitish. Palpi porrect, shorter than the breadth of the 
bead ; second joint fringed ; third extremely short. Fore wings 
slightly rounded at the tips, with a brown band, which proceeds 
outward from one-third of the length of the interior border, and is 
abbreviated towards the costa ; a few small pale brown marks near 
the exterior part of the costa and towards the exterior border ; fringe 
pale cinereous; costa straight; exterior border hardly convex, 
rather oblique. Hind wings blackish cinereous; fringe pale cine- 
reous. Length of the body Splines; of the wings 7 lines. 
a. Nova. Scotia. From Lieut. Bedman’s collection. 
101. CONCHYLIS GRATANA. 
Mas. Aurato-fiava , subtus cinerea ; aloe antiece vix acutce , lituris 
quatuor costalibus, dineis duabus obliquis postice connexis 
lineaque submarginali rufis ; posticce cinerece . Var. ft . — Alee 
antic ce rufo tessellatce . 
Male. Gilded yellow. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 
cinereous. Palpi porrect, reddish on the outer side ; third joint 
conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennas 
seiulose, pubescent. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 
wings. Fore wings hardly acute, with four elongated red marks 
along the costa, with two oblique red lines, which are united near 
the interior border, and with a submarginal red line; costa nearly 
straight; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Var. /3. — 
Fore wings tessellated with red. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of 
the wings 9 lines. 
a—d. North America. From Mr. Carter’s collection. 
102. CONCHYLIS CRETIEERANA. 
Foem. Subtestaceo-albida ; palpi fuscescentes ; aloe latiusculce ; 
antiece apice rotundatee , linea exteriore alba transversa undu - 
lata ; posticce testaceo strigatce . 
Female. Whitish, very slightly tinged with testaceous. Palpi 
porrect, brownish, as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint 
lanceolate, about half the length of the second. Wings rather 
broad. Fore w'ings somewhat rounded at the tips, with an exterior 
transverse white undulating line; costa hardly convex; exterior 
border convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings with minute testaceous 
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