LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1637 



Genus MARESIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Fasciculus frontalis productus. 

 Proboscis brevis. Palpi lati, oblique uscendentes, verticem non 

 superantes; articulus 2us timbriatus; 3us lanceolalus, 2i dimidio 

 non brevior. Antennae subpectinalae, ram is setulosis. Pedes laeves, 

 breviusculi, sat robusti ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Alas anticae lata?, 

 acuta?, marline exteriore convexo sat obliquo ; posticae margine 

 interiore late fimbriate. 



Male. Body rather stout. Frontal tuft prominent. Pro- 

 boscis short. Palpi broad, obliquely ascending, not rising higher 

 than tbe vertex, as long as the breadth of the head ; second joint 

 fringed above and beneath ; third lanceolate, about half the length 

 of the second. Antenna; very slightly pectinated ; branches setu- 

 lose. Legs smooth, rather short and stout; spurs long, slender. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings acute ; exterior border convex, rather 

 oblique. Hind wings with the interior border broadly fringed. 



MARESIA Bf NOT ATA. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palpi ferrugineo vittati ; ala lineis nonnullis 

 cinereis angulosis indistinctis, punclis postmediis pwictisque 

 marginalibus nigris ; anticee puncto medio maculaque post- 

 media niyris. 



Male. Cinereous. Palpi ferruginous on tbe outer side, except 

 the third joint. Femora and fore tibiae blackish above. Wings 

 with several cinereous zigzag indistinct lines, and with an incom- 

 plete postmedial line of black points; marginal points black, minute. 

 Fore wings with a minute black point in the disk ; a black spot near 

 the interior border forming part of the postmedial Hue. Length of 

 the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Sula. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus ZAGIRA. 



Fctm. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi 

 porrecti, lati, subclavati, obtusi, caput superantes ; articulus 3us 

 minimus. Antennae graciles. Abdomen alas posticas paullo su- 

 perans. Pedes breves, robusti, glabri ; tibiae posticae penicillatae ; 

 calcaria longa, gracilia. Alae anticae latae, acutae, margine exteriore 

 convexo subobliquo. 



