LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Male. Bright yellow, paler beneath. Antennas pectinated 
nearly to their tips. Fore wings with a ferruginous oblique hardly 
undulating line, which is black, and is preceded by a black mark on 
the costa; an interior straight oblique ochraceous line, which does 
not extend to the costa, the latter having some ochraceous dots 
between the line and the base ; space beyond the second line reddish 
fawn-colour, except in front ; fringe white, with brown marks oppo- 
site the veins ; exterior border bent, slightly excavated in front. 
Hind wings yellowish white, with a reddish streak extending from 
the interior border to the disk, and having a slight reddish tinge 
between it and the hind part of the exterior border, which is ben t 
Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 
a. Orilla, West Canada. From Mr. Bush’s collection. 
7. Epione Agyllaria. 
Mas. Luteo-flava ; abdomen subtus ochraceum ; pedes cinereo 
varii ; alee puncto discali nigro ; anticce cinereo- fuscce, lineis 
duabus obliquis vix undulatis obscure cinereis , 2 a extus glauco 
marginata apud costam nigra, spatio ex teriore posterior e cervino , 
fimbria nigro notata , costa pur pur ascente -cinereo varia ; posticce 
pallide flavce , linea undulata purpurascente-fusca , spatio exte - 
riore postico pur purascente-cer vino suffuso, 
Male. Luteous-yellow. Abdomen ochraceous beneath. Legs 
partly cinereous. Wings with a black discal point. Fore wings 
speckled with cinereous-brown ; two oblique hardly undulating dark 
cinereous lines ; second line bordered with glaucous on the outer 
side, black on the costa ; space beyond it, except in front, with a fawn- 
coloured tinge and more largely speckled than the wing elsewhere ; 
fringe with black marks opposite the veins ; costa with purplish 
brown marks, wholly of that hue towards the base. Hind wings 
pale yellow, with a purplish brown undulating line ; exterior space, 
except in front, indistinctly speckled, and with a slight purplish fawn- 
coloured tinge. Var. /3. — Fore wings with the interior line repre- 
sented by three dots. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 
lines. 
It is extremely near allied to E. Calipusaria , and both may be 
local varieties of one species, or may have a common origin. The 
chief distinction is the straight and less oblique interior line on the 
fore wings of E . Calipusaria , which seems to connect E. serinaria 
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