LEPIDOPTERA. HETEROCERA. 499 



median vein very near the base, and with a yellow streak along the 

 apical part of the costa. Hind wings pale ochraceous along the 

 interior border. Length of the body 6£ lines; of the wings 

 13 lines. 



a, Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus COTHOCIDA. 



Mas, Corpus laeve, gracile. Proboscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi 

 laeves, porrecti, caput superantes; articulus 3us longi-conicus, 2i 

 dimidio brevior. Antennae breviusculae, sat validae, vix crenulatae. 

 Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes laeves, breves, graciles ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor parvis. Ala? anticae latiusculae, 

 apice rotundatae, rnargine exteriore subobliquo vix convexo. 



Male and female. Body smooth, slender. Proboscis short, 

 slender. Palpi smooth, porrect, extending rather beyond the head, 

 but much shorter than its breadth, longer in the male than in the 

 female ; third joint elongate-conical, less than half the length of the 

 second. Antennae rather short and stout, hardly crenulated. Ab- 

 domen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, short, 

 slender; hind tibiae with four short spurs. Wings rather broad. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips; exterior border hardly convex, very 

 slightly oblique ; third inferior vein very near the second, very 

 remote from the fourth. 



Nearly allied to Limacodes, 



COTHOCIDA NIGKIFERA. 



Mas. Saturate ochracea ; abdomen nigricans, segmentis ochraceo 

 marginatis ; alee macula discali nigra ; posticce nigricantes, 

 spatio costali venisque subtus ochraceis, 



Male, Deep ochraceous. Abdomen blackish ; hind borders of 

 the segments ochraceous. Wings with a black discal spot, which is 

 most distinct on the under side. Fore wings reddish beneath. 

 Hind wings blackish ; under side ochraceous in front and with 

 ochraceous veins. Female. — Fore part of the hind wings reddish, 

 including a black spot. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



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



