LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEKA. 
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much abbreviated hindward ; costa and exterior border slightly con- 
vex, the latter hardly oblique ; under side and bind wings blackish, 
the latter with a whitish fringe. Length of the body 2J lines; of 
the wings 6 lines. 
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
24. Carpocapsa carana. 
Fcem. Cuprco-nigra ; ala anticce apice redangulata , antice pur - 
pureo Linda , disco exteriore aurato-ochraceo lituris nigro - 
cupreis , strigulis costalibus obliquis albis ; posticce disco 
aurato-ochracea. 
Female. Cupreous-black. Palpi slightly curved and ascending, 
much shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint extremely 
short. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, with a purple tinge in 
front ; exterior part of the disk gilded ochraceous, with cupreous- 
black marks; costa slightly convex, with oblique white streaks; 
exterior border convex, hardly oblique. Hind wings with a gilded 
ochraceous disk. Length of the body 2\ lines; of the wings 
5 — 6 lines. 
a — c. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
25. Carpocapsa comptana. 
Fcem. Cupreo -nigra ; ala anticce apice rectangulata, disco exte- 
riore ochraceo strigulis plurimis cupreo-nigris , strigis costalibus 
obliquis ochraceis basi albis ; postica fimbria cinerea . 
Female. Cupreous-black, a little paler beneath. Palpi por- 
xect, hardly extending beyond the head ; second joint slightly 
curved, hardly fringed ; third extremely small, short, hardly visible. 
Fore wings rectangular at the tips, with some oblique ochraceous 
costal streaks, which are white at the base; exterior disk ochra- 
ceous, with numerous transverse partly confluent cupreous-black 
streaks; costa almost straight ; exterior border slightly convex and 
oblique. Hind wings with a cinereous fringe. Length of the body 
2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 
This species hardly differs from C. carana , with the exception 
of the ochraceous disk of the hind wings of the latter. 
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
