LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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short and broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with a few minute 
black speckles, cinereous at the base, and with a broad subcostal 
cinereous stripe, which is brownish and bent hind ward exteriorly 
and extends to the interior angle ; costa slightly convex ; exterior 
border very slightly excavated in front. Hind wings whitish cine- 
reous. Length of the body 2J lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 
a. ? 
16. TOSPITIS ? QUINQUEFERANA. 
Mas. Pallide testacea ; palpi porrecti , brevissimi , gracillimi ; alee 
anticce apice rotundatce , gutta una discali , duabus costalibus , 
una apicali unaque marginali nigris. 
Male. Pale testaceous. Palpi porrect, smooth, very short and 
slender, not extending beyond the head. Antennae very minutely 
setulose. Abdomen and hind wings whitish, with a very slight 
testaceous tinge. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with live black 
dots towards the tips ; one dot in the disk, two costal, one apical, 
and one on the exterior border; costa straight; exterior border 
slightly convex, very oblique. Length of the body 2 lines; of the 
wings 6 lines. 
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
17. ToSPITIS ? HUMERANA. 
Mas. Pallidissime cervina ; palpi ascendmtes , articulo 2 o piloso , 
So lanceolato ; antennae pubescentes ; thorax fusco fasciatus ; 
alee anticce extus angustiores , apice rotundatae , basi fasciaque 
valde diffusa atomisque fuscis ; costa basi valde convexa ; pos - 
ticae cinerece . 
Male . Very pale fawn-colour. Palpi obliquely ascending, 
not rising higher than the vertex ; second joint pilose; third lanceo- 
late, as long as the second. Antennae minutely pubescent. Thorax 
with a brown band. Abdomen white, shining, extending much 
beyond the hind wings; apical tuft smooth, slightly compressed. 
Fore wings narrower exteriorly, rounded at the tips, very minutely 
speckled with brown, brown at the base, and with a very diffuse 
brown band, which is dilated on the costa before the middle and is 
obsolete hindward ; costa very convex towards the base ; exterior 
