LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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acuto ; antennce setosce ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; 
alee amplce ; anticee subfaleatee , nigro subconspersee , orbiculari 
e gutta nigra , reniformi rotunda lutea nigricante marginala , 
linea exteriore obliqua e punctis fuscis , punctis marginalibus 
nigris , margine exteriore convexo ; posticce fusees cente-cine- 
rece, basi pa lli dee. 
Male. Very pale fawn-colour, stout, partly brown beneath. 
Palpi blackish brown, porrect, broad, fawn-colour above towards the 
tips ; third joint acute, less than half the length of the second. 
Antennae with rather long curved bristles. Abdomen extending 
far beyond the hind wings. Wings ample. Fore wings subfalcate, 
very slightly and minutely speckled with black ; orbicular mark 
forming a black dot ; reniform round, luteous, blackish bordered, 
having beyond it an indistinct oblique row of brown points ; margi- 
nal points black ; exterior border convex. Hind wings brownish 
cinereous, except towards the base. Length of the body 9 lines; 
of the wings 16 lines. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
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Hormisa P Abeluxalis. 
Mas. Pallide cinerea , sat gracilis ; palpi erecti , articulo 3 o lan- 
ceolato ; antennce subsetosce ; abdomen alas posticas paullo 
superans , apice subcompressum ; pedes glabri ; alee anticee 
striga longitudinali discali nigra , linea exteriore recta nigra 
extus fusco late marginata , lineolis intus approximate , linea 
submarginali recta fusca punctis contiguis nigris . Var. /3. — 
Albida . 
Male. Pale cinereous, rather slender. Palpi erect ; third 
joint lanceolate, much more slender than the second, and nearly half 
its length. Antenna? minutely setose. Abdomen extending a little 
beyond the hind wings, slightly compressed towards the tip. Legs 
smooth. Fore wings with a black streak proceeding parallel to the 
costa from near the base of the interior border; a black exterior 
straight line, having two or three indistinct lines on its inner side 
ind broadly bordered with brown on its outer side ; submarginal 
line brown, straight, with some black points. Var. (3 . — Ground- 
colour of the wings almost white. Length of the body lines ; of 
he wings 12 lines. 
