LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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3. Drepanodes Tellesaria. 
Fcem. Straminea ; palpi apice nigri ; alee ochraceo nigroque con - 
spersce, linea nigricante cinerea diffusa incompleta subtus 
recta bene determine ta, spatio exteriore subtus ex parte pur - 
purascente , puncto discali nigro, fimbria ochracea ; anticce 
valde falcatce , linea interiore flexa informi incompleta, incisura 
subapicali; posticce apud angulum interiorem purpurascente 
subnebulosce. 
Female. Straw-colour. Palpi with black tips. Wings mode- 
rately broad, transversely speckled with ochraceous and with black; 
line blackish cinereous, diffuse, irregular and incomplete above, 
especially in the hind wings, straight and well defined beneath, 
where the exterior space is more thickly speckled with oqhraceous, 
and has in part a purplish tinge; discal point black; fringe ochra- 
ceous. Foie wings very falcate, with a bent irregular and incom- 
plete interior line; exterior border convex, excavated behind the 
tip. Hind wings irregularly purplish-clouded towards the interior 
angle. Length of the body 5? lines; of the wings 13 lines. 
a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection. 
4. Drepanodes Pionaria. 
Foem. Cinereo-testacea ; alee nigro conspersce , linea nigricante 
informi intus ochraceo marginata, linea subtus bene deter - 
minata nigricante et purpurascente marginata , puncto discali 
nigro, fimbria ochracea; antics valde falcatce, apice obtusce , 
margine exteriore valde convexo , linea interiore nigricante 
diffusa flexa , linea media ochracea recta obliqua ; posticce 
linea exteriore valde diffusa . 
Female. Testaceous, cinereous-tinged. Palpi with black tips. 
Wings sericeous, minutely speckled with black; line blackish, very 
irregular, bordered with ochraceous on the inner side; fringe ochra- 
ceous; discal point black; under side paler, with a well-defined 
whitish line, whose outer side is concisely bordered with blackish in 
the fore wings and diffusedly bordered with purplish in the hind 
wings. Fore wings very falcate; tips obtuse; exterior border very 
convex, excavated behind the tip ; interior line blackish, diffuse, 
bent; middle line ochraceous, straight, oblique, slightly apparent 
in the hind wings. Hind wings with the exterior line very diffuse; 
exterior border very convex. Length of the body 5 ? lines ; of the 
wings 13 lines. 
