LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 479 



Tephronia carieraria, Herr. Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 93, 258, pi. 35, 



f. 214. 

 Mniophila carieraria, Guen. Phal. i. 326, 511. 



South France. 



Genus 33. CERTIMA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis longa, valida. Palpi 

 graciles, ascendentes, articulo 3o brevi. Antennae validae, simpli- 

 ces. Thorax pilis longissimis dense vestitus. Pedes robusti ; tibiae 

 posticae subincrassatae, calcaribus apicalibus parvis. Ala3 amplae, 

 spissae, concolores, lituris non diversis ; anticae margine exteriore 

 vix obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis long, robust. Palpi slender, 

 extending a little beyond the head, obliquely ascending ; third 

 joint about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 stout, simple. Thorax densely clothed with very long hairs. 

 Legs stout ; hind tibia? slightly incrassated ; apical pair of spurs 

 short. Wings ample, stout, alike in colour and with like markings. 

 Fore wings almost rectangular at the tips; exterior border very 

 slightly oblique, 



1. Certima permutans. 



Mas. Testacea ; ales nigro conspersa, lineis exteriore et submar- 

 ginali denticulatis obscurioribus subobsoletis, punctis submar- 

 ginalibus nigricantibus albo notatis, puncto discali nigro; 

 anticce linea interiore e punctis tribus nigris. 



Male. Testaceous. Wings very minutely speckled with 



black; exterior and submarginal lines denticulated, a little darker, 



' almost obsolete ; the latter accompanied by blackish white-marked 



! points; exterior border a little darker than the rest of the wing ; 



; discal point black. Fore wings with three black points indicating 



the interior line ; under side with a large diffuse exterior blackish 



patch. Length of the body 6£ lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



a, b. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 34. BARGOSA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis valida. Palpi 

 lati, ascendentes. Antennas maris late pectinatae, apices versus 

 filiformes. Abdomen carinatum, lateribus fasciculatis. Pedes 



