LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Epione ? Mitranaria. 
Foem. Flava ; alee ochraceo dense conspersce , lineis tribus trans- 
versis fuscis valde arcuatis , 3 a denticulata ; anticce costa mar - 
gineque exteriore convexis , linea basali strigaque obliqua sub - 
apicali , maculis duabus marginalibus cinereo-fuscis , 2 a apud 
marginem interiorem producta , tenwi discali ; posticee 
cinereo-fusccc , spatioque postico marginali fluvis , litura 
discali elliptica ferruginea fusco marginata. 
Female. Yellow, thickly speckled with ochraceous. Head 
wanting. Hind tibiae not incrassated. Wings with three transverse 
much bent brown lines ; the third denticulated ; under side with the 
lines very indistinct. Fore wings convex along the costa and along 
the exterior border, with a basal line and a line proceeding from 
near the end of the costa to the middle of the exterior border ; the 
latter with two cinereous-brown spots, of which one is prolonged 
along the interior border ; first line emitting a fork inward ; a slender 
discal streak. Hind wings cinereous-brown, except at the base and 
along the hind part of the exterior border ; an elliptical ferruginous 
brown-bordered discal mark. Length of the body 3i lines ; of the 
wings 1 1 lines. 
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Epione relictaria. 
Foem. Flava , sericea ; antennee sat robustee ; alee ochraceo pallido 
dense conspersce , linea fusca tenui recta subobliqua , punctis 
elongatis albidis , puncto discali fusco ; anticce vix acuta , linea 
interiore subrecta non obliqua , linea exteriore apud costam 
angulata ; posticee margine exteriore suhjlexo. 
Female. Yellow, sericeous. Antennae rather stout. Hind 
tibiae not incrassated. Wings thickly speckled with pale ochraceous ; 
a slender straight slightly oblique brown line, which is accompanied 
by elongated whitish points ; a brown discal point. Fore wings 
hardly acute, with an erect nearly straight interior line ; exterior 
line forming an acute angle near the costa. Hind wings with the 
exterior border slightly bent. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 
wings 12 lines. 
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
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