LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 439 



Male. Ferruginous. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi squamous, 

 obliquely ascending, much shorter than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint extremely minute. Antennae moderately pectinated. 

 Abdomen with white dots along each side beneath, extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft very small. Legs stout, squa- 

 mous ; fore tibiae broadly fringed with clavate hairs. Wings broad. 

 Fore wings falcate, acute, glistening with cinereous; five darker 

 transverse lines ; first, second and third slightly undulating ; fourth 

 composed of lunules ; fifth acutely dentate ; a subapical subquadrate 

 vitreous spot, which is notched on its outer side ; exterior border 

 festooned, forming a distinct an^le at one-third of its leugth from 

 the costa, very oblique hindward ; costa convex towards the base ; 

 under side and hind wings reddish, with two transverse curved 

 darker lines. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 



Most allied to P. microps, from which it may be distinguished 

 by the differently-formed vitreous spot and by the more shallow 

 notches on the exterior border of the fore wings. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Parathyris ennomoides. 



Mas. Straminea ; caput antice cervinum; palpi cervini, crassi, 

 oblique ascendentes ; abdominis segmenta cervino fasciata ; 

 pedes cervini ; alee anticce lineis tribus transversis cervinis, la 

 2aque undulatis apud costam dilatatis, 3a e lunulis obscuriori- 

 bus, plaga subapicali cervina guttas duas albas includente, 

 margine exteriore angulato ; posticus lineis duabus cervinis 

 flexis. 



Male. Straw-colour, slender. Head fawn-colour in front. 

 Palpi fawn-colour, thick, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as 

 the vertex ; third joint extremely short. Antennae short, moderately 

 pectinated. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings, 

 with a pale fawn-coloured band on the fore border of each segment; 

 under side with a dark fawn-coloured stripe. Legs short, stout ; 

 femora and tibiae fawn-colour. Wings with a fawn-coloured fringe. 

 Fore wings with three transverse fawn-coloured lines ; first and 

 second lines undulating, dilated on the costa ; third darker, composed 

 of lunules; a fawn-coloured subapical patch, including two white 

 dots; exterior border forming a distinct angle at one-third of the 

 length from the costa. Hind wings with two bent fawn-coloured 

 lines. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



Para. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



