LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1565 



Genus NEPTTIA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis valida, longiuscula. Palpi 

 breves, robusti, squamosi, oblique ascendentes; articulus 3us por- 

 rectus, conicus, rninimus. Pedes robusti ; femora pilosa ; calcaria 

 brevissima. Alee latae ; anticae elongatae, subfalcatse, margine exte- 

 riore antico bis inciso. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis stout, rather long. Palpi 

 stout, squamous, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the ver- 

 tex ; third joint porrect, conical, very minute. Legs stout; femora 

 pilose ; spurs very short. Wings broad. Fore wings elongate, 

 acute, subfalcate ;. fore half of the exterior border with two excava- 

 tions ; hind part straight, rather oblique. Hind wings with the 

 interior border densely fringed. 



Most allied to Fascellina. 



Nepitia detractaria. 



Fcem. Ferruginea ; palpi pedcsque albo punctati ; thorax nigro 

 cinereus ; alee nigro strigatce, nigro- cinereo varice ; antica? nigro 

 bilineatce, plaga costali elongata pallide rufescente maculam 

 elongatam ocliraceam includente. 



Female. Ferrugiuous. Palpi with three white points, two 

 beneath and one at the tip. Thorax blackish cinereous. Tibiae 

 and joints of the fore tarsi with white tips. Wings transversely 

 black-streaked, partly tinged with blackish cinereous ; under side 

 with a whitish black-speckled spot in the disk. Fore wings 

 with two black lines which diverge from each other towards the 

 costa and enclose an elongated pale reddish costal patch, which 

 contains on its hind border an elongated ochraceous spot; under 

 side shining whitish towards the interior border. Fringe of the inte- 

 rior border of the hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 

 7 ? lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus CAPASA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi breves, 

 graciles, subarcuati, vix ascendentes ; articulus 3us lanceolatus. 

 Antenna? pectinatse, apice nudag. Pedes robusti, breviusculi. Alae 

 anticae elongatae, acutae, margine exteriore recto perobliquo. 



