LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 383 



AxTJENNA DISCALIS. 



Eloria discalis, Cat. Lep. Het. vii. 1726. 



Genus EUCHONTHA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Frons couvexa. Proboscis mediocris* 

 Palpi graciles, ascendentes, capitis latitudine longiores; articulus 

 3us lanceolatus, pilosus, 2o brevior. Antennas breviusculae, pecti- 

 natae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans; fasciculus apicalis 

 minimus. Pedes laeves, graciles; tibia? posticas quadricalcaratae. 

 Alas elongatas ; anlicae apice rotundatae, areola discali subrugosa. 



Male. Body slender. Front convex. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi slender, ascending, longer than the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint lanceolate, pilose, snorter than the second. An- 

 tennae rather short, moderately pectinated. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft extremely small. Legs smooth, 

 slender; hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. Wings 

 elongate. Fore wings rounded at the tips; discal areolet with a 

 slight wrinkle or fold, distinctly intersected ; exterior border convex, 

 rather oblique. 



Allied to Axuenna and to JEloria, from which it may be dis- 

 tinguished by its long palpi. 



EUCHONTHA SUBLACTIGERA. 



Mas. Nigra ; corpus subtus album ; caput fascia antica liturisque 

 tribus posticis albis ; palpi basi lutei ; thorax albo bipunc- 

 tafus, luteo biguttatus ; abdomen f uscescente-cinereum ; alai 

 antica dimidio basalt strigaque exteriore lata obliqua albis 

 semihyalinis ; posticce vitta alba semihyalina latissima inter* 

 rupta. 



Male. Black. Body, palpi and legs white beneath. Head 

 with a white band in front of the antennae, and with three white 

 marks on the hind border, palpi luteous at the base. Thorax with 

 a white point on each side of the fore border, and with a luteous dot 

 in front of each fore wing. Abdomen brownish, cinereous above. 

 Fore wings obliquely white and semihyaline on more than half the 

 surface from the base, excepting the borders of the veins and the 

 interior border; a broad oblique discal streak beyond this white part 

 and alike it in hue. Hind wings with a very broad white semi- 

 byaline stripe, which is obliquely interrupted at three-fourths of its 



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