LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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riore recto , linea rufescente coslam versus rectangulata , /iwea 
interiore rufescente subrecta non obliqua ; posticce linea fusca , 
/ittea cxleriore angulosa subobsoleta , margine exteriore non 
angulato. 
Male. Fawn-colour, slightly cinereous beneath. Wings 
slightly and minutely speckled with brown points, which are elon- 
gated exteriorly and along the costa of the fore wings; discal point 
black, obsolete above in the hind wings ; line straight. Fore wings 
subfalcate ; costa slightly convex ; exterior border quite straight ; 
the line reddish, forming a right angle on approaching the costa ; an 
inner reddish upright almost straight line, which is slightly bent 
near the costa. Hind wings with a brown line, a very indistinct and 
diffuse zigzag exterior line; exterior border convex, without any 
angle. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 
This species resembles the preceding one in structure. 
a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson’s collection. 
20. Cikerodes transcissa. 
Mas et foem. Teslacea ; alee nigro subconspersce ; anticce falcalce , 
elnngatce , lituris costalibus iransversis cinereis , linea valde in - 
distincta , albo punctata costam versus obsoleta , striga costali 
subapicali alba arcuaia nigro notata , lituris duabus transversis 
discalibus , margine exteriore recto sat obliquo ; posticae litura 
apud angulum interiorem ochracea albo varia nigro conspersa , 
margine exteriore convexo non angulato. 
Male and female. Testaceous, whitish testaceous beneath. 
Legs minutely speckled with black. Wings beneath minutely and 
thinly speckled with black. Fore wings falcate, somewhat elongated, 
with transverse cinereous marks along the costa ; line very indistinct, 
hardly darker than the ground hue, marked with white points on the 
veins, obsolete towards the costa ; a white curved costal subapical 
black-marked streak ; two transverse discal marks, a little darker 
than the ground hue, the outer one broader than the inner one ; 
exterior border straight, rather oblique. Hind wings paler than the 
fore wings, except towards the exterior border ; line darker, more 
distinct ; an ochraceous partly white black-speckled mark by the 
interior angle, forming the end of a diffuse zigzag hardly apparent 
line, which is .still more indistinct in the fore w ings ; exterior border 
convex, in no wise angular. Length of the body 9 — 10 lines; of 
the wings 23 — 24 lines. 
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