LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 487 



fringed. Fore wings acute, with some black dots which form a 

 large incomplete ringlet in the disk ; the ringlet bounded on each 

 side by an indistinct transverse cinereous line ; fringe mostly 

 blackish ; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. Hind 

 wings brownish cinereous. Length of the body 3 J lines; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



a. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 



LlMACODES CONCOLOR. 



Mas. Flava ; palpi Iceves, oblique ascendentes, articulo So 

 conico minim o ; pedes breves, tibiis anterioribus late fim- 

 briatis, calcaribus nullis ; alee anticce breves, apice rotundatce ; 

 posticce abdomen super antes, 



Male. Yellow. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi smooth, obliquely 

 ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; third joint conical, 

 extremely minute. Antennae moderately pectinated. Abdomen with 

 a slightly elongated apical tuft. Legs short, anterior tibiae broadly 

 fringed ; spurs obsolete. Wings short, broad. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips ; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind 

 wings extending beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 3J 

 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



Amazon Region. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



LlMACODES RETRACTATA. 



Mas. Ochracea, subaurata, gracilis; palpi oblique ascendentes, 



articulo 2o lineari subarcuato ; anlennce subcrenulatce ; pedes 



late Jimbriati ; alee anticce lineis tribus obscure ochraceis, \a 



recta, 2a angulosa, 3a subrecta ; posticce pallide aurato- 



flavce. 



Male. Ochraceous, slender, slightly gilded, pale yellow 

 beneath. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi smooth, obliquely ascending, 

 not rising higher than the vertex ; second joint linear, very slightly 

 curved ; third extremely small. Antennae rather long: and stout, 

 indistinctly crenulated. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft elongate, Legs slender; femora and tibiae 

 broadly fringed ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Fore wings with 

 three dark ochraceous lines ; first line straight, extending from 

 beyond the middle of the costa to before the middle of the interior 

 border ; second zigzag, extending from beyond the middle of the 



