LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1889 



slightly rounded at the tips; costa very slightly convex; exterior 

 border convex, moderately oblique. 



This genus seems to have some affinity to the Melameridce , 

 which are almost peculiar to America. 



JOBULA SEMILINEA. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca; caput antice corpusque subtus alba; alee 

 anticce puncto basali, lineolis duabus punctisque marginalibus 

 ochraceis ; posticce subtus strigis duabus latis cinereis. 



Male. Blackish brown. Body beneath and legs white. Head 

 white in front. Palpi whitish ; second joint with a blackish brown 

 line on the outer side. Tibiae brown above. Fore wings with an 

 ochraceous point at the base and with two ochraceous lines which 

 extend from near the base to about half the length ; a marginal line 

 of dull ochraceous points, which successively decrease in size from 

 the tip to the interior angle. Hind wings with two broad cinereous 

 streaks on the under side. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



Sula. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus ITYCA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi brevis- 

 simi, subascendentes. Antennas longae, graciles, setosae. Abdomen, 

 alas posticas longe superans ; fasciculus apicalis maxiraus. Pedes 

 glabri, longiusculi, sat gracilia; calcaria longa. Alae anticae latius- 

 culae, subacutae, tegula costali squamosa spissa, margine exteriore 

 recto apud angulum interiorem subdilatato. 



Male. Body very stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 very short, slightly ascending. Antennae long, slender, finely setose. 

 Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings ; a long quadran- 

 gular lappet at the base, widening from its base to its tip ; apical 

 tuft very large. Legs smooth, rather long and slender; spurs long, 

 moderately stout, Wings rather broad. Fore wings slightly acute ; 

 a densely squamous lappet at the base of the costa ; exterior border 

 straight, moderately oblique, slightly prominent near the interior 

 angle ; interior border slightly concave beyond the middle. 



