LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1005 



Genus PELIALA 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Caput subcristatum. Proboscis 

 niediocris. Palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem superantes ; articulus 

 2us fimbriatus ; 3us lanceolatus, basi fimbriatus, 2i dimidio brevior. 

 AntennaB filiformes, subsetulosae. Abdomen cristatum, sublanceo- 

 latum ; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes longi, graciles ; femora 

 subfimbriata. Alas anticae lata?, acutae, margine exteriore convexo 

 subobliquo. 



Male. Body ratber stout. Head sligbtly crested. Proboscis 

 of tbe usual lengtb. Palpi obliquely ascending, rising higher than 

 the vertex ; second joint fringed on both sides; third lanceolate, 

 fringed on both sides towards the base, less than half the length of 

 the second. AntennaB filiform, very minutely setulose. Abdomen 

 crested, tapering from the base, not extending beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft very small. Legs and spurs long, slender; 

 femora slightly fringed. Wings broad. Fore wings acute; exterior 

 border convex, slightly oblique ; third inferior vein very near the 

 second ; fourth remote. 



Peliala tenebrosa. 



Mas. Obscure cinereo-fusca ; abdomen nigricante quinque 

 cristatum; alee lunulis marginalibus nigrico,ntibus ; anticce 

 chalybceo suffiusce, lincis duabus ferrngineis vix undutatis 

 postice approximatis, 2a postice nigricante, puncto intermedio 

 nigro y tinea exteriore e punctis niyricantibus. 



Male. Dark cinereous-brown, paler beneath. Abdomen with 

 five blackish crests. Wings with blackish marginal lunules. Fore 

 wings with a chalybeous tinge; two hardly undulating ferruginous 

 lines which approach each other towards the interior border; first 

 line antemedial ; second postmedial, broader and blackish towards 

 the interior border; an intermediate black point in the disk ; a row 

 of blackish points beyond the secondline. Length of the body 8 

 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus COKNA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Fasciculus frontalis productus. Pro- 

 boscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi sat graciles, subfimbriati, oblique 



