LEF'IDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 945 



wings. Length of the body 9 — 11 lines; of the wings 28 — 32 

 lines. 



a — b. Jamaica. Presented by Sir J. Hearsey. 



Genus MAZACYLA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi laeves, 

 graciles, oblique ascendentes, verticem longe superantes ; articulus 

 3us subclavatus, 2o paullo longior. Antennae pubescentes. Abdo- 

 men alas posticas paullo superans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus, sub- 

 compressus. Pedes validi, subfirnbriati ; calcaria longa, gracilia. 

 Alae anticae longissimae, sat angustae, apice subfalcatae ; posticae sat 

 angustae. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 smooth, slender, obliquely ascending, longer than the breadth of 

 the head and rising much above it ; third joint subclavate, a little 

 longer than the second. Antenna; pubescent. Abdomen extending 

 a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, slightly com- 

 pressed. Legs stout; femora and tibae slightly fringed ; spurs long, 

 slender. Fore wings very long, rather narrow, rounded and subfalcate 

 at the tips; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique; second 

 inferior vein near the third and very near the first; fourth very 

 remote from the third. Hind wings rather long. 



Mazacyla fusifera. 



Mas. Pallide ochracea ; alec fusco subconspersa, lineis duabus 

 nigris obliquis angulosis, lineis exterioribus obscure ochraceis 

 diffasis indislinclis, punctis submarginalibus nigris; anticce 

 gutta basalt lineolaque angulala exteriore nigris, linea apicem 

 versus f us ca arcuata subcostali. 



Male. Pale ochraceous. Wings thinly brown-speckled, with 

 two black oblique irregular acutely zigzag lines; two or three diffuse 

 indistinct zigzag dark ochraceous lines between the second black 

 line and the exterior border; submarginal points black. Fore wings 

 with a black dot in the discal areolet near the base ; a black angular 

 vein across the end of the areolet; a curved brown line proceeding 

 from the costa beyond the middle and rejoining it near the tip. 

 Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



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



