LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Female . Whitish fawn-colour, almost whitish beneath. Head 
and palpi brownish. Wings with very minute black speckles, which 
are hardly apparent above, but more numerous on the under side ; 
line white, nearly straight, bordered with fawn-colour on the inner 
side ; discal point black, very distinct ; an almost obsolete fawn- 
coloured zigzag exterior line. Fore wings falcate ; exterior border 
very straight ; line ceasing near the costa. Hind wings subcaudate ; 
the angle with black speckles ; the exterior border on each side of 
it very straight Length of the body 7 — 8 lines ; of the wings 22 — 
24 lines. 
It is closely allied to C. transvertens , and may be the female of 
that species. It differs from the male of C . transvertens by its more 
falcate fore wings, by the very straight exterior border, by the more 
caudate hind wings, and by the black speckles on the angle. 
a, b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson’s collection. 
16. Chcerodes invariaria. 
Fcem. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; alee amplce , nigro conspersce , line a 
nigricante recta Integra duplicata,puncto discali nigro ; anticce 
faleatee , costa strigata subconvexa , margine exteriore recto 
subobliquo ; posticee cauda distincta obtusafusco strigata. 
Female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Wings ample, minutely 
black-speckled ; line blackish, double, quite straight and complete ; 
discal point small, black, distinct. Fore wings falcate, costa slightly 
convex, transversely streaked ; exterior border slightly oblique, 
quite straight, except at the tip. Exterior border of the hind wings 
with a distinct obtuse brown -streaked tail. Length of the body 8 
lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 
It resembles C. tetragonata in structure, but the line of the 
wings is very different. 
Kio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
17 . Chcerodes translinquens. 
Fcem. Saturate ochracea ; alee elongates , argenleo conspersce , line a 
recta nigricante fusca argenteo marginata , linea exteriore nigra 
angulosa distincta , margine exteriore recto ; anticce faleatee , 
macula discali argentea , linea interior e undulata nigra argenteo 
marginata. 
