LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 867 



at the tip. Antennae minutely setulose. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth. Wings moderately broad. 

 Fore wings acute ; lines brown ; interior line blackish, straight, 

 diffuse on the outer side ; two slender undulating parallel middle 

 lines ; exterior line nearly straight, with a brownish space between 

 it and the angular submarginal line ; marginal lunules brown ; or- 

 bicular mark forming a black point; reniform represented by a pale 

 luteous partly black-bordered lunule ; exterior border rather oblique. 

 Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



This and the two following species agree with B. hastiferalis in 

 structure. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Bleptina Fadusalis. 



Mas. — Schistacea ; caput et thorax obscure cinerea ; palpi longi, 

 Jimbriati, recurvi, subundulati ; antenna setosce ; pedes antici 

 longissimi, tibiis dense fasciculatis ; alee anticce linea interiore 

 nigra recta extus diffusa, lineis media el exteriore undulatis 

 denticulatis, spatio rnarginali nigricante intus concisa extus 

 diffusa pallidiore lineam submarginalem pallidam angulosum 

 includente, orbiculari nigra punctiformi, reniformi e plaga 

 nigra strigam luteam arcuatam includente, margine exteriore 

 subflexo ; posticce einerece. Fcem. — Palpi angulati, articulis 

 rectis ; antennce glabrae ; pedes antici simplices. 



Male. — Slaty cinereous. Head and thorax dark cinereous. 

 Palpi long, fringed, slightly undulating, recurved over the head and 

 over the fore part of the thorax. Antennae setose. Fore legs with 

 very long coxae and with densely tufted tibiae. Fore wings with the 

 interior line black, straight, diffuse on the outer side ; middle and 

 exterior lines slight, undulating, denticulated ; marginal space 

 blackish and concise on the inner side, paler and very diffuse on 

 the outer side, containing the pale zigzag submarginal line ; orbi- 

 cular mark black, punctiform ; reniform represented by a curved 

 luteous streak in a black patch ; exterior border slightly bent. Hind 

 wings cinereous, with fewer and less distinct lines than those of the 

 fore wings. Female. — Second joint of the palpi straight, hardly as- 

 cending ; third also straight, nearly erect, very acute. Antennae 

 smooth. Fore legs simple. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 — 13 lines. 



Bio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



