110 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera 



straight, with pale cinereous marks ; exterior border slightly 

 convex and oblique. Hind-wings without markings. 



Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



Brazil. 



Genus Boana, n. g. 



Fcem. — Corpus gracile. Fasciculus frontalis productus, acutus. 

 Proboscis brevis, distincta. Antennae graciles, glabrae. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas non superans. Pedes glabri, longiusculi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae amplse ; 

 anticae sub-falcatae, margine exteriore vix obliquo, margine 

 interiore sub-convexo ; posticae valde rotundatae, costa 

 convexa. 

 Female. — Body slender. Frontal tuft prominent, acute. Pro- 

 boscis short, distinct. Antennae slender, bare. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind-wings. Legs smooth, rather long; 

 hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings ample. Fore-wings subfal- 

 cate ; costa straight; exterior border hardly oblique; interior 

 border slightly convex. Hind-wings very much rounded, broader 

 than the fore-wings ; costa convex. 



Boana semialba. 



Fcem. — Fusca, pedibus albido-testaceis, alis dimidio albis, alls 

 anticis litura discali subrotunda obscure fusca, Jineis duabus 

 testaceis sub-undulatis fusco-marginatis antice remotis, punctis 

 sub-marginalibus nigris albo-notatis. 



Female. — Brown, paler beneath. Legs whitish testaceous. Fore- 

 wings with two testaceous, dark brown-bordered, slightly undu- 

 lating and oblique lines, the exterior one diverging in front from 

 the interior one ; discal mark dark brown, nearly round ; a row 

 of submarginal black, white-marked points ; underside white, ex- 

 cept in front. Hind-wings white in front, over much more than 

 one-half of the surface. * 



Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Brazil. 



Fam. HERMINID^, Gu6n. 



Genus Sophronia, Gu6n. 



Sophronia 1 Capensis. 



Mas. — Pallide cervina, gracilis, palpis ascendentibus compressis 

 longis sub-arcuatis, articulis lo et 2o fimbriatis, 3o lanceo- 



