1892.] SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 3l9 



their base. Palpi very short, woolly, descending. Abdomen stout, 

 not extending beyond the secondaries. Primaries broad, straiglit 

 along the costal margin to near the apex, then convex ; outer margin 

 straight, the inner angle very convex. Secondaries with the costal 

 margin very slightly convex ; the outer margin convex. The discal 

 cells very short, not extending beyond a third from the base. 



Preptos oropus. 



Fawn-colour, the outer margins broadly brown and separated 

 from the ground-colour by a straight dark line, extending from the 

 apices to the inner margins near the angles on both the primaries 

 and secondaries ; a median and on the primaries also an outer trans- 

 verse dark wavy shade ; a blackish spot on the subcostal vein of 

 the primaries near the base. Underneath yellowish fawn-colour ; 

 a median and a submarginal dark brown, lunular, transverse band, 

 and between these three similar but less distinct bands. Head 

 and thorax pale fawn-colour. Collar dark brown. Abdomen dark 

 fawn-colour. 



Expanse 95 mm. $ . 



Hub. Jalapa, Mexico. 



Lebeda doeri. 



Male. Dark brown, reddish grey about the inner angle of the 

 primaries, with three small black spots ; the primaries also crossed 

 by four pale lines, the inner two straight, the outer two slightly 

 oblique ; a small white point in the cell. Underneath brown flecked 

 with greyish scales ; two transverse pale lines from the costal margin 

 of the primaries near the apex to the inner margin of the secondaries. 



Expanse 7o mm. 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Artace anula. 



Female. Primaries above whitish with transverse greyish streaks, 

 and a circular grey spot on the inner margin. Secondaries above 

 greyish white, with a broad submarginal dusky band. Underneath 

 grey, with a white marginal line. Body greyish. 



Expanse 43 mm. 



Eah. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Artace meridionalis. 



Female. Primaries above white, with a basal, a median, and an 

 outer row of dark grey spots on the veins, and two grey spots at 

 the end of the cell ; a marginal and a submarginal dusky grey 

 transverse band, and a row of black spots on the extreme margin 

 between the veins. Secondaries above grey, darker along the inner 

 margin. Underneath : primaries grey, with the apex white and a 

 row of dark spots on the extreme margin ; secondaries grey, with 

 the fringe white. Head and thorax grey. Abdomen dorsally dark 

 grey, underneath white. 



23* 



