LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1021 



Genus DANTONA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustnm. Fasciculus frontalis porrectus. 

 Proboscis brevis, tenuis ; palpi ascendentes, subangulati, articulo 3o 

 lineari. Antennae breves, setosae. Abdomen alas posticas sat su- 

 perans. Pedes robusti, subpilosi. Alae mediocres, fimbria lata; 

 anticae vix acutae, costa subconvexa; posticae lituris nullis. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Frontal tuft prominent. 

 Proboscis short, slender. Palpi obliquely ascending; third joint 

 linear, rounded at the tip, about one-third of the length of the 

 second, with which it forms a slight angle. Anrennae short, setose. 

 Abdomen extending some distance beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout, slightly pilose ; posterior tibiae slightly fringed ; spurs long. 

 Wings of moderate size ; fringe broad. Fore wings hardly acute ; 

 costa very slightly convex ; exterior border moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings without markings. 



1. Dantona Busalis. 



Mas. Cinerea, nigro conspersa ; aim antica? albido subconspersce, 

 linea exterior e obliqua e punetis nigris, lunulis marginalibus 

 nigricantibus, puncto basali nigro, orbiculari e gutta nigra, 

 reniformi e lunula alba ; postica? alba. 



Male. Cinereous. Head, thorax and fore wings speckled 

 with black. Fore wings with a few whitish speckles ; exterior line 

 oblique, formed of black points ; marginal lunules blackish ; a black 

 basal point; orbicular mark forming a black dot; reniform repre- 

 sented by a lunule of white speckles. Hind wings white. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Genus MOTYA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 graciles, oblique ascendentes, caput paullo superantes, articulo 3o 

 lanceolate Antennae graciles, glabrae, articulo lo robusto. Abdo- 

 men lineare, alas posticas superans, lateribus marginatis, apice ob- 

 tuso bicornuto. Pedes robusti, glabri, calcaribus vix longis; anticae 

 late fimbriati. Alae elongata?, non latae ; anticae nebnlosae, apice 

 rotundatae, apud costam vix convexae, margine exteriore valde 

 obliquo ; posticae semihyalinae, lituris nullis, margine exteriore 

 undulato. 



