LET IS. 149 



CENUS PEOSINA. 



Peosina, GMtnte, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Noct. iii. p. 131 (1852); 

 Walker, List Lepid. Lis. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 1242 (1858). 



The species of this genus are among the smallest of the 

 family, and inhabit the West Indies and South America. The 

 fore-wings are narrower than the hind-wings, and twice as long ; 

 they are usually streaked with white or yellowish, and there is 

 a conspicuous white patch on the outer side of the hind margin 

 of the hind- wings. The antenna are long, and ciliated in the 

 males, and the abdomen is as long as the hind-wings. 



PEOSINA LKONTIA. 

 {Plate CXXXni., F/^^. 1.) 

 Noctua leontia, Stoll, Suppl. Cram. pi. 34, fig. 6 (1790). 

 Peosina leoiitia, Guenee, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Noct. iii. p. 132 

 (1852). 



This species is a native of South America. It ex[)ands two 

 inches. 



All the wings arc dark brown. The fore-wings have the 

 hind margins and the hinder angle slightly rounded, with a 

 scries of more or less distinct creamy white spots extending 

 longitudinally from the base to the middle of the wings. The 

 hind-wings have a large patch of pure white covering the apex 

 and half the hind margin, including the fringes. 



GENUS LETIS. 



Lefis, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 274 (1822?); (Juende, 

 Spec. Gen. Lepid. Noct. iii. p. 145 (1852); Walker, List 

 Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 1263 (1857). 

 This genus includes Tropical American species of consider- 

 able size, with long and moderately broad fore-wings, pointed 



