LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1807 



Genus CASUARIA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis sat longa. Palpi valid?, 

 dense fimbriati, oblique ascendentes, capitis latitudine triplo longi- 

 ores; articulus 3us linearis, brevis. Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans. Pedes robusti, glabri ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Ala? 

 antica? lata?, basi bursa munita?, costa convexa apice porrecta. 



Female. Body stout, smooth. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi stout, thickly fringed above and beneath, obliquely ascending, 

 rising much higher than the vertex, thrice longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; fringe much longer beneath than above ; ihird joint 

 linear, about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antenna? 

 smooth. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, stout ; spurs long, slender. Wings broad. Fore wings 

 with a large pouch at the base of the costa ; the latter convex in the 

 middle, very prominent at the tip; exterior border convex, not ob- 

 lique. 



This genus is nearly allied to Samcova and Uzeda, and to the 

 intermediate genera, and forms with them a distinct family. 



CASUARIA ARM ATA. 



Fcem. Ferruginea ; abdomen ochraceum ; alee antic a lineis dua- 

 bus cinereis vix arcuatis, pun do medio nigro, gutta costali 

 alba elongata ; posticce flavm, fusco late marginatce. 



Female. Ferruginous. Body silvery cinereous beneath. Ab- 

 domen ochraceous. Fore wings with two cinereous hardly curved 

 lines; first line contiguous to the outer side of the pouch ; second 

 near the exterior border, joining an elongated white costal dot; a 

 black point in the disk between the lines ; disk beneath bright 

 yellow. Hind wings bright yellow, broadly bordered with dark brown. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Santa Martha, New Granada. From Mr. Bouchard's collection. 



Fam. CHOREUTID^, C. L. H. xxviii. 450. 

 Genus SIMAETHIS, C. L H. xxviii. 450. 



SlMAETHIS ALBIDANA. 



Mas. Chalybceo-fusca ; caput albidum ; palpi ochfaceo-cinerei, 

 porredi, obtusi, nigro conspersi ; al& anticce argentece, basi 



