AGOR^A.— BITURYX. 175 



Sect. IT. Antennffi of male bipectinate with short branches, of female minutely 

 serrate and fasciculate. 



1537. Agorsea pellucida. 



Bomhi/x pellucida, Sepp, Surin. Vlind. ii. p. 175, pi. 76 (1848) ; Druce, 

 Eidl. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 410 ; Kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 211. 



Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; palpi at sides and back of 

 liead with black spots ; patagia and thorax with black stripes ; 

 l)ectus white, with orange and black lateral stripes ; legs whitish, 



with brown and black 

 stripes ; fore coxae orange 

 at sides ; abdomen orange, 

 the 1st segment grey- 

 brown, a dorsal and two 

 lateral series of black spots, 

 the ventral surface brown- 

 Fig. 97.— ^^o^<2« i'^^*^^""^", (5* . 1. ish white. Fore wing 



semihyaline brownish grey, 

 the interspaces slightly streaked with brown ; the veins streaked 

 with black ; a black spot at lower angle of cell. Hind wing semi- 

 hyaline brownish v/hite. 



Hah. Mexico, Yucatan (Goclman), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll.; 

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 (Jones), 2 2 . Exp. 24-40 millim. 



Genus BITURYX. 



Type 



Bitur2/x,MV Ik. in. 717 (1855) ....' diversipes. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect to just beyond the frons ; antennge 

 of male bipectinate with moderate branches, of female with short branches ; 

 tibise with the spurs short ; abdomen smoothly sealed, with lateral tubercles at 

 base. Fore wing rather narrow ; vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 5 from above 

 angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 free. Hind wing 

 with vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 7 from or 

 from just before upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Abdomen of female with the terminal segment and ventrally the last 

 four segments greatly dilated with tufts of woolly hair. 



A. Hind wing white intacta. 



B. Hind wing brownish, with dark streaks on the veins venosata. 



1538. Eituryx intacta. (Plate XLI. fig. 4.) 



Bituryx intadus, Wlk. iii. 719 (1855) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 204. 



5 . White ; head and tegulae pale yellow ; palpi at tips and an- 

 tennae brownish ; legs brown above, fore coxae yellow ; abdomen 

 orange, with dorsal and lateral series of black spots, the ventral 

 surface white. Fore wing with brown streaks on the veins. Hind 

 wing- semihyaline. 



i/a6. Venezuela, 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millira. 



