LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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1. Lascorta Phormisalis. 
Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; abdominis segmenta albido marginata ; 
tibice anticce nigricante pilosce ; alee anticce fascia basali 
albida recta obliqua , linea exteriore testacea obliqua fusco 
marginata apud costam angulata , tinea media fusca sub - 
obsoleta , costa ex parte testacea , orbiculari et reniformi e punc- 
tis duobus testaceis fusco marginatis . 
Male. Cinereous-brown, cinereous beneath. Hind borders of 
the abdominal segments whitish. Fore tibiae with blackish hairs. 
Fore wings with an oblique straight whitish band near the base ; 
exterior line testaceous, oblique, brown-bordered, angular near the 
costa, which is testaceous between it and the line ; some slight 
traces of a brown middle line; orbicular and reniform marks repre- 
sented by two testaceous brown-bordered points. Hind wings 
a little paler than the fore wings. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of 
the wings 14 lines. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
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Hypena rostralis. 
jj. Madeira. Presented by Mungo Park, Esq. 
Hypena? Id^usalis. 
Mas. Cinerea , gracilis ; palpi porrecti , validi , subdecumbentes ; 
antennee sat robustee ; abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; 
pedes validi ; alee anticce schistaceee , apice rotund a tee, subcer- 
vino variee , apud costam obscuriores , reniformi e macula 
atra; posticee pallidiores. 
Male. Cinereous, slender, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, 
stout, slightly decumbent, a little longer than the breadth of 
the head. Antennae rather stout. Abdomen extending a little 
beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout. Wings not ample. 
Fore wings slaty, rounded at the tips, with slight transverse black 
marks, a little darker along the costa; a slight fawn-coloured tinge 
here and there ; reniform mark represented by a deep black spot. 
Hind wings much paler than the fore wings, but with like trans- 
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