LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1567 
South America. 
A. Ale fusce. 
A. Statura maxima. > mt oat - giganteus, Boisd. 
B. Statura mediocris. - - - agrionides, Walk. 
B. Ale cervine. - - - - -  transversus, Walk. 
2. PHASSUS GIGANTEUS. 
Pallide ferrugineo-fuscus ; ale basi obseuriores, antice gultis tri- 
bus costalibus nigris testaceo marginatis, necnon strigis macu- 
lisque nonnullis transversis subobliquis fuscis. 
Epiolus giganteus, Boisd.; Herr.-Scheff. Lép. Exot. Sp. Sér. 1, 
pl. 40, f. 45. , 
Pale ferruginous-brown. Wings darker at the base. Fore 
wings with three costal black testaceous-bordered dots, and with 
several transverse slightly oblique brown streaks and spots, which 
are most numerous towards the tips. 
Equinoctial America. 
3. PHassuS AGRIONIDES. 
Mas. Fuscus; antenne testacee ; abdomen alas posticas longis- 
same superans; ale pallide fusca, apice obscuriores, antice 
subreticulate. 
Male. Brown. Antenne testaceous. Abdomen rather paler | 
than the thorax, almost bare, extending for three-fourths of its 
length beyond the hind wings. Wings pale brown, with dark 
brown tips. Fore wings slightly reticulated, with numerous trans- 
verse more or less curved streaks between the veins; these streaks 
are paler on the inside and darker on the outside. Length of the 
body 12 lines; of the wings 24 lines. | 
a. Brazil. ae rom M. Becker’s collection. 
4, PHassus TRANSVERSUS. 
Mas. Cervinus, gracilis; antenne subpectinate, thorace multo 
breviores; abdomen longissimum, alas posticas dimidio 
superans ; pedes pilost ; ale antice maculis nonnullis parvis 
transversis oblongis nigricantibus albido notatis. 
