LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 37 



3. MuCRONODES MUNDIPENNATA. 



Fcem. Ochraceo-cervina ; palpi ascendentes, brevissimi ; alee nigra 

 subp-mctata?, fusco substrigatce, linea recta obliqua testacea 

 intus cervino marginata ; antica valde falcatce, linea costam 

 versus angulata, linea interiore recta non obliqua extus cer- 

 vino marginata, costa subconvexa, margine exteriore subobliquo 

 fere recto ; posticce margine exteriore convexo. 



Female. Ochraceous fawn-colour. Palpi very short, applied 

 to the face; third joint very minute. Wings with black points and 

 little brown transverse streaks which are almost obsolete above, ex- 

 cept towards the base and along the costa ; a straight oblique tes- 

 taceous line bordered on the inner side with fawn-colour of a slightly 

 deeper hue than the ground colour of the wings; under side cine- 

 reous-tinged ; line brown, denticulate, slightly diffuse. Fore wings 

 very falcate ; line forming a slightly acute angle near the costa, 

 between which and the angle it is wholly fawn-colour; an interior 

 straight upright line bordered with fawn-colour on the outer side ; 

 costa slightly convex ; exterior border slightly oblique, almost 

 straight. Hind wings with the exterior border convex ; interior 

 angle somewhat prolonged. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the 

 wings 26 lines. 



a. Spirito Santa. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 9. CIMICODES. 



Corpus compressum. Palpi frontem vix superantes; articulus 

 3us minimus, vix conspicuus. Antennae cylindricae, non ciliatae. 

 Abdomen alis posticis superatum. Pedes tibiis longis tumidis. 

 Alae integral, obscurae, puncto discali elevato ; anticae acutae, fal- 

 catae, lineis duabus parallelis, costa pallida, margine exteriore 

 convexo ; posticae non angulatae, unilineatae, margine exteriore sub- 

 flexo, angulo interiore acuto. 



Cimicodes, Guen. Phal. i. 49. 



Body compressed. N Palpi hardly rising above the front; third 

 joint extremely small, hardly visible. Antennae cylindrical, not 

 ciliated. Abdomen not extending so far as the hind wings. Legs 

 with long and tumid tibiae. Wings entire, dull-coloured, with an 

 elevated discal point. Fore wings acute, falcate, with two parallel 



