LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 155 



tinctly bent. Hind wings with the exterior border deeply and 

 acutely dentate. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines; of the wings 

 18—20 lines. 



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South America. 



14. ENDROPIA ANILIARIA. 



Mas. Ochracea ; aloe nigra conspersce, lineis duabus nigricantibus, 

 guttis duabus discalibus duabusque submarginalibus nigris, 

 linea 2a vix undulata intus pallido marginata ; anticce sub- 

 falcate, linea la arcuata extus pallido marginata, striga api- 

 cali pallida extus nigro marginata ; posticce linea la recta, 



j Metrocampa aniliaria, Herr.-Scli. Exot. Schm. 40, f. 362. 

 Endropia aniliaria, Guen. Phal. i. 124, 189. 



Venezuela. 



Genus 25. METROCAMPA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Frons plana, non prominens. Palpi 

 robusti, porrecti, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Antenna? maris pectinatae, foeminae simplices. Thorax dense vil- 

 losus. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae non incrassatae, calcaribus 

 breviusculis. Alae amplae ; margo exteriore flexus, dentatus. 



Eudalimia, p., Hubn. Verz. Schm. 286. 



Campoea, Lamarck. 



Ellopia, p., Treit. 



Metrocampa, Latr. Cons. Gen. 366 ; Fam. Nat. 477 ; Dup. ; Bnisd. ; 



Steph. ; Herr.-Sch. ; Led. V. Z. B. W. iii. 201 ; Guen. Phal. 



i. 126. 



Body rather stout. Front flat, not prominent. Palpi robust, 



| porrect, extending a little beyond the head; third joint extremely 



I minute. Antennae moderately pectinated to the tips in the male, 



simple in the female. Thorax densely villose. Legs stout ; hind 



' tibiae not incrassated ; spurs rather short. Wings ample; exterior 



border siightly dentate or scolloped, bent in the middle, the angle 



more prominent in the hind wings than in the fore wings. 



Type, M. honoraria r 



