LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 
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eeous line ; a purplish cliscal mark. Fore wings with the band 
much dilated and forming a rounded angle on the outer side. Hind 
wings with the ochraceous part continued to the base of the wing. 
Length of the body 4 — 5 lines ; of the wings 10 — 12 lines. 
a, b. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Bedman’s collection. 
Genus 23. NEMATOCAMPA. 
Corpus gracile. Frons plana, non producta. Palpi breves, 
graciles, caput vix superantes ; articulus 3us distinctus, acutus. 
Antennae breves, simplices, maris robustae. Oviductus exsertus. 
Tibiae posticae valde dilatatae, calcari uno incrassato. Alas integrae, 
fimbria brevi, margine exteriore subflexo ; anticae apice rectangu- 
latae. 
Microgonia, p. Herr.-Sch . 
Neraatocampa, Guen . Phal . i. 120. 
Body slender. Front flat, not prominent. Palpi short, slender, 
hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint distinct, acuie. An- 
tennae rather short, simple in both sexes, thickest in the male. 
Female with a prominent oviduct. Hind tibiae much dilated, with 
one of the fore pair of spurs much incrassated. Wings entire ; 
fringe short; exterior border slightly bent. Fore wiugs rectangular 
at the tips. 
1. Nematocampa resistaria. 
Mas. Flavescente-testacea ; alee nigro conspersce , linea interiore 
arcuata lineisque duabus exterioribus subcontiguis fuscis , 2a 
undulata cinereo extus late marginata , margine exteriore sub - 
angulato ; anticce vix acutee. 
Microgonia vestitaria, Herr.-Sch. Lep. Exot. f. 368. 
Microgonia resistaria, Herr.-Sch. Lep . Exot. 41. 
Brazil. 
a — c. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
2. Nematocampa varicata. 
Mas Pallide ochracea ; tibiee posticce subincrassatce ; alee dense 
ochraceo conspersce , lunula discali lineisque duabus saturate 
rufis , spatio marginali purpureo-rufescente ; anticce linea la 
arcuata . 2 a vix arcuata strigam ad costam emittente , spatio 
marginali antice ochraceo ; posticce linea la subobsoleta . 
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