LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEBA. | 1715 
anguste, margine exteriore perobliquo. Fem.—Antenne subpecti- 
nate. Abdomen apice densissime fasciculatum. 
Male. Body thick. Head prominent in front. Proboscis not 
visible. Palpi very short. Antenne very deeply pectinated, ap- 
proximate at the base. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 
hind wings. Legs stout, thickly clothed with long hairs; hind 
tibie with minute apical spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore 
wings mostly straight in front, narrow towards their tips, which are 
slightly acuminated ; exterior border very oblique; second inferior 
vein full twice further from the third than from the first; third 
much nearer to the fourth than to the second. Hind wings with 
‘the costal membrane more or less dilated towards the base; discal 
areolet broad, distinctly divided by a genuine vein. Frenulum 
distinct. emale——Antenne minutely pectinated. Abdomen very 
thickly tufted at its tip. 
This group in several characters resembles the Bombycites, in 
which the wings have no frenulum. 
2. Popa.iA CITRI. 
Mas. Fusca; caput supra roseum; thorax maculis roseis ; ab- 
domen roseo fasciatum ; pedes postertores ex parte roseo hirti ; 
ale albide, basi subrosee, antice fusco strigate, fascia poste- 
riore maculaque discali obscurioribus ; postice apud venas 
JSusco substrigate. 
Phalena-Bombyx Citri, Anon. Ins. Surinam, i. 31, pl. 12. 
Male. Brown. Head rosy above. Antenne whitish, about . 
one-fifth of the length of the body. Thorax with several rosy spots. 
Abdomen above with rosy bands. Posterior legs partly clothed with 
rosy hairs. Wings whitish, with a rosy tinge at the base. Fore 
wings streaked with brown, which forms cuneiform marks along the 
exterior border; a short posterior band at one-third of the length 
and a spot at the tip of the discal areolet darker brown. Hind 
wings with slight brown streaks along the veins ; costal membrane 
much dilated. Length of the body 9—11 lines; of the wings 
22—26 lines. 
Fom. Nigro-fusca; caput macula rosea, antice testaceum ; tho- 
rax roseo biguttatus ; abdomen fasciis dorsalibus roseis, antice 
albidum ; pedes ex parte roseo hirti, ale albide, fusco varie ; 
antice bast nigro-fusce. 
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