LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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31. Carpocapsa defluxana. 
Mas. Nigra ; caput antice ochraceum ; palpi pallide ochracei , 
apice fusci ; thorax antice ochraceo quadrinotalus , postice 
cinereus ; abdomen ochraceum; pedes albidi , tarsis nigro 
fasciatis ; ala anticce suba.cutce , lituris plurimis parvis ochra - 
ceis, plagis nonnullis viridescentibus aut cyanescentibus , sin- 
gulis costalibus obliquis albidis ; posticce ochracece. 
Male. Black, mostly ochraceous beneath. Head ochraceous 
in front. Palpi pale ochraceous, pubescent, slightly ascending, 
shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, brown, 
about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae short, stout. 
Thorax with four dull ochraceous marks in front, cinereous hindward. 
Abdomen dark ochraceous, extending a little beyond the hind wings. 
Legs whitish, shining ; tarsi with blackish bands. Fore wings 
slightly acute, with many small irregular ochraceous marks, and 
with a few metallic greenish or bluish patches ; costa straight, very 
slightly convex towards the tip, with minute oblique whitish streaks ; 
exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings dark 
ochraceous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
32. Carpocapsa influxana. 
Foem. Nigricans; corpus subtus pallide flavescens ; palpi pallide 
jlavescentes , ascendentes , antice nigri , articulo So brevissimo ; 
thorax jlavescente fasciatus ; abdomen basi flavescens ; alee 
anticce obscure ochracece , nigro nebulosce , antice cyaneo stri - 
gates, strigis transversis exterioribus chalybceis , strigulis cos- 
talibus obliquis albidis , guttis submar ginalibus atris ; posticce 
pallide Jlavce , margine lato nigricante. 
Female . Blackish. Body pale yellowish beneath. Palpi 
pale yellowish, ascending, very slightly curved, rising a little higher 
than the vertex, black and slightly fringed in front ; third joint 
extremely short. Thorax with a yellowish band in front. Abdo- 
men pale yellowish at the base, extending much beyond the hind 
wings. Fore wings hardly acute, very dark ochraceous, mostly 
shaded with black, streaked with chalybeous-blue along the costa, 
transversely streaked with chalybeous towards the exterior border ; 
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