LEPIDOPTEEA HETEEOCERA. 
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28. Caepocapsa latiferana. 
Fcem. Nigricans ; caput cinereum ; alee anticce cinereo conspersce, 
spalio exteriore saturate rufo non consperso lineam subcostalem 
lineasque duas transversas chalybceas in.cludente , strigis tribus 
submarginalibus nigris, strigulis costalibus obliquis cinereis ; 
posticce fimbria pallide cinerea. 
Female. Blackish. Head and palpi cinereous ; the latter 
porrect, extending very little beyond the head ; second joint slightly 
fringed; third conical, full one-fourth of the length of the second. 
Thorax and fore wings speckled with cinereous. Fore wings rect- 
angular at the tips ; exterior part deep red, not speckled in front, 
including a chalybeous slightly oblique subcostal longitudinal line 
and two transverse chalybeous lines ; three short longitudinal black 
streaks between the transverse lines; some little oblique cinereous 
streaks along the exterior part of the costa; costa slightly convex ; 
exterior border slightly oblique hindward. Hind wings with a pale 
cinereous fringe. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 
6 lines. 
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates collection. 
29. Caepocapsa metaspilana. 
Mas. Obscure fusca ; palpi capitis latitudine multo breviores, 
articulo 3 o minimo ; ahe anticce obtusce , strigulis exterioribus 
ochraceis , strigulis plurimis nigris , striga. arcuata lata ferru- 
ginea cinereo marginata , lineis duabus transversis interruptis 
chalybceis ; posticce nigro-fusece. Fcem. — Alee anticce j err u- 
ginece , strigis duabus obliquis strignlisque submarginalibus 
nigris , macula apud angulum interiorem cinerea . 
Male . Dark cinereous-brown. Palpi stout, porrect, much 
shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint extremely minute. 
Autennae stout. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 
Fore wings slightly obtuse at the tips, with dull ochraceous streaks, 
which are only apparent in the exterior part of the wing and are 
most distinct near the exterior border ; black streaks more numerous 
and minute; a broad curved ferruginous cinereous-bordered streak 
extending outward from the interior border to the disk ; a few 
slender longitudinal submarginal black streaks ; two transverse 
incomplete chalybeous lines, one marginal, the other submarginal ; 
