LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEEA. 101 



Body broad, slightly fusiform. Head obtuse. Proboscis rather 

 short. Palpi very short and stout. Antennae setaceous, slender, a 

 little longer than the thorax. Abdomen much longer than the tho- 

 rax. Legs rather slender ; hind tibiae with four moderately long 

 spurs. Wings opaque, moderately broad. Fore wings hardly con- 

 vex towards the tip of the costa, rather oblique along the exterior 

 border, which is slightly angular in the middle and behind the tip ; 

 fourth inferior vein remote from the others. Hind wings very 

 slightly denticulated along the exterior border. Male. — Antennae 

 minutely serrate-setose. Female. — Antennae simple. 



1. Perigonia Lusca. 



Ferrugineo-fusca, subcinerascens, subtus iestacea ; alee anticce fas- 

 ciis tribus diffusis cinerascentibus lineisque transversis nigri- 

 cantibus ; posticce fascia variabili strigaque apud angulum 

 interiorem luteis. 



Sphinx Lusca, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 140, 5 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 92, 5 ; Ent. 



Syst. iii. 1, 356, 6. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2372, 51. 

 Perigonia stulta, Boisd. Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Nov. Ser. 1. 



a, b. Mexico. From Mr. Hartweg's collection. 



c. Mexico. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



d. Guatimala. From M. Salle's collection. 



e. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



/. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



g. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



A. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



2. Perigonia Coffjeje. 



Cinereo-fusca, subtus lutea rufo varia ; alee anticce olivaceo-viridi 

 subtinctce, cano fasciatce ; posticce cano vari(E > apud discum 

 lutea fuscoque fasciatce. 



Perigonia Coffaeas, Boisd. MSS. 



Cinereous-brown, luteous and varied with red beneath. Fore 

 wings slightly tinged with olive-green, adorned with various irregu- 

 lar hoary bands. Hind wings varied with hoary, mostly luteous in 

 the disk, which is traversed by a brown band. Length of the body 

 13—14 lines ; of the wings 28—30 lines. 



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



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