LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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wings acute, subfalcate ; costa straight, very slightly convex towards 
the base, where there is a pouch ; exterior border slightly convex 
and oblique, hardly excavated in front. 
1. Torda penicillana. 
Mas. Cinerea ; alee anticce ochraceo-rufee, ban faseiaque lata 
obliqua purpurascente-cinereis , lineis duabus albis , la recta , 
2 a undulata , fasciculo subtus atro ; posticee fuscescente- 
cinere <£ , striga postica lata rufa, 
Male . Cinereous. Lateral tufts of the abdomen red ; dorsal 
tuft black. Wings tinged with metallic lustre. Fore wings ochra- 
ceous-red, purplish cinereous at the base, with a broad oblique 
purplish cinereous band, through which the ground hue is apparent; 
this line is bordered by two white lines; first line straight, more 
distinct than the exterior one, which is undulating ; under side with 
a deep black penicillate tuft in the disk near the base. Hind wings 
brownish cinereous, with a broad red streak, w'hich extends from the 
disk to the hind part of the exterior horder ; fringe reddish, tipped 
with cinereous. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 
a. Para. From Mr. Bates collection. 
2. Torda dilatatana. 
Foem. Rufescente-cervina ; palpi apice nigri ; pectus et abdomen 
argenteo- cinerea ; tibiee et tarsorum articuli apice nigra ; alee 
anticee ex parte pallidiores, atomis nonnullis nigris , fascia 
purpurascente lineaque marginali ferrugineis , strigula costali 
subapicali albida interrupta ; posticee pallide luteee , plaga 
opicali diffusa fusees cente, pane tis marginalibus cervinis . 
Female. Reddish fawn-colour, rather stout. Frontal tuft 
prominent. Proboscis stout. Palpi porrect, slender, smooth, shorter 
than the breadth of the head ; third joint black, elongate-conical, 
less than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae smooth. 
Pectus and abdomen silvery cinereous, the latter not extending 
beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; tips of the tibiae and of the 
joints of the tarsi black ; tibiae slightly fringed ; hind tibiae with four 
long spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, 
here and there paler ; a pouch near the base of the costa, partly 
covered by a squamous fringe ; a few black speckles and a narrow 
pale purple marginal band, the latter accompanied by a ferruginous 
line ; a whitish short oblique interrupted streak near the tip of the 
