LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 645 



Arzama DENSA. 



Mas. Rufescens ; alee anticce fascia fuscesccnte obliqua latissima 

 orbicularem et reniformem rufescentes angustas obliquas in- 

 cludente, fascia submaryinali subdentata fusco marginata ; 

 posticcB subtus macula fusca fasciaque exteriore fuscescente. 



Male. Reddish. Under side, abdomen and hind wings 

 reddish cinereous. Fore wings with an oblique very broad brownish 

 band, which contains the orbicular and rem form marks; the latter 

 are red, oblique and narrow ; a submarginal brown-bordered slightly 

 dentate band, which is rather brighter than the ground hue. Hind 

 wings beneath with a round brown spot in the disk, and with a slight 

 exterior brownish band. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



a. Georgia. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus FAGITANA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 erecti, laeves, sat graciles, caput superantes; articulus 3us linearis, 

 2o valde brevior. Antennae validse. Abdomen alas posticas sat 

 superans. Pedes sublagves, sat graciles ; calcaria longa. Alae 

 anticae acuta?, margine exteriore subconvexo subobliquo. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis of moderate 

 length. Palpi erect, smooth, rather slender, extending somewhat 

 above the head ; third joint linear, conical at the tip, much shorter 

 than the second. Antennae stout, smooth. Abdomen extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender, nearly 

 smooth ; spurs long. Fore wings acute, moderately broad ; exterior 

 border slightly convex and oblique. 



Allied to Gortyna and to Hydracia, from which it may be dis- 

 tinguished by the long third joint of the palpi. 



Fagitana lucidata. 



Fcem. Pallide cinereo-rufa ; aim anticce lineis duabus albis fusco 

 marginatis, \a vix arcuata non obliqua anlice abbreviat*>2a 

 obliqua subrecta intus diffusa, slriga intermedia argenteo- 

 alba ; posticce linea obliqua ferruginea. 



