LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Genus BASSANIA. 



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Fcem. Corpus crassum, pilosum. Frons subfasciculata. Pro- 

 boscis robusta. Palpi validi, breVes, oblique ascendentes, arti- 

 eulo 3o parvo. Antennae simplices. Abdomen alas posiicas non 

 superans. Pedes validi, non pilosi ; tibiae postica? vix inorassatae. 

 Alae amplae, validae, integrae ; anticae subfalcatae, marline exteriore 

 subconvexo subobliquo ; posticae margine exteriore vix dentato. 



Female. Body thick, pilose. Front slightly tufted. Proboscis 

 robust. Palpi stout, short, obliquely ascending ; third joint conical, 

 less than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae simple. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, not 

 pilose ; hind tibiae hardly incrassated. Wings ample, stout, entire ; 

 fringe full. Fore wings subfalcate; costa straight; exterior border 

 slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings with the exterior border 

 hardly scolloped between the veins. 



Bassania amethystata. 



Fcem. Rufescente-ochracea, subtus pa Hide testacea ; alee puncto 

 discali nigra ; anticce linea exteriore recta obliqua rufa, spatio 

 interiore purpuras cente, costa albido conspersa, striga costali 

 subapicali angulata nigra ; posticae testacea, apud marginem 

 ex teriorem rufescen tes. 



Georaetra amethystata, Morritz, MSS. 



Female. Eeddish ochraceous, mostly pale testaceous on the 

 under side. Abdomen testaceous. Antennae and legs whitish, 

 black-speckled. Wings with a black discal point. Fore wings with 

 a purplish tinge on the inner side of the straight oblique red exterior 

 line, which is not apparent on the under side : costa with whitish 

 speckles ; a slight angular costal subapical black streak. Hind 

 winas testaceous, slightly black-speckled, reddish towards the exte- 

 rior border ; fringe also reddish. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 20 lines. 



Venezuela. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



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