LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 
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5. Chcerodes transmutans. 
Foem. Rufescente-oehracea , nigro subconspersa ; caput supra 
albidum ; alee vix purpui'ascentes, linea recta cinerea fusco 
marginata , puncto discali nigro ; antic (£ f ale at ce , linea antice 
albo punctata costam versus obsolela , mqtrgine exteriore vix 
angulato ; posticce angulo bene determinalo subcaudato . 
Female . Reddish ochraceous, slightly and minutely speckled 
with black. Head whitish above. Win^s hardly purplisli-tinged, 
with a straight oblique cinereous line, which is bordered with brown 
on both sides ; a black interior discal point. Fore wings acute, fal- 
cate ; the line with white points on its fore part, ceasing on ap- 
proaching the costa ; exterior border very slightly angular. Hincl 
wings with the exterior border distinctly angular and slightly cau- 
date ; interior border fringed with white hairs. Length of the body 
7—8 lines ; of the wings 20 — 22 lines. 
Whether this is a distinct species, or whether it and C . trans- 
posita , and some of the following species are mere varieties of 
C. transversata is a question yet to be decided. The line and the 
black points of the wings distinguish it from C. transversata , and in 
both these characters it resembles C. incurvata , from which it dif- 
fers by the angular exterior border of the fore wings, and by the 
more decided angle of the hind wings. 
a — c . St. John’s Bluff, East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, 
Esq. 
Var. Male. Fawn-colour, paler, cinereous-tinged and black- 
speckled beneath. Head whitish between the antennae. Wings 
with a slight pale purplish tinge ; Hue almost straight, of a rather 
darker fawn-colour than the ground hue, bordered with pale pur- 
plish on the outer side ; black discal point very minute. Fore 
wings falcate; costa convex ; exterior border forming an extremely 
obtuse angle in the middle ; line obsolete near the costa. Hind 
wings with an acute angle in the middle, but not caudate. Length 
of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 
Var . Very little larger and more ochraceous. Wings with a 
larger discal point. Fore wings with white points on the fore part 
of the line. 
The two specimens here described differ slightly in aspect and 
markings from the typical form of C. transmutans , and are probably 
local varieties of that species, but their native place is unknown, 
d, e. ? 
