LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1051 



Thermesia? GENEEATKIX. 



Mas. Cinereo -ruf a ; fasciculus frontalis pro ductus ; palpi ob- 

 lique ascendentes, verticem paullo super antes, articulo So 

 cinereo lineari graeillimo ; alee elongatce, apud marginem 

 exteriorem diffuse lutece, lineis tribus fuscis angulosis indis- 

 tinctist macula lutea maxima punctum fuscum includente ; 

 anticce macula guttafn emittente, puncto ante medio luteo. 



Male. Red, cinereous-tinged. Body pale cinereous beneath. 

 Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi obliquely ascending, longer than 

 the breadth of the head, rising a little higher than the vertex ; 

 second joint pubescent; third cinereous, linear, very slender, a little 

 shorter than the second. Antenna? setose. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs smooth. Wings 

 elongate, diffusedly luteous along the exterior border; three brown 

 indistinct zigzag lines ; a very large luteous spot in the disk between 

 the first and second lines containing a brown point ; marginal 

 lunules brown. Fore wings acute; a luteous point between the 

 base and the spot, which is connected in front with a luteous dot ; 

 exterior border convex, rather oblique. Length of the body 6 

 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Thermesia divulgata. 



Foera. Cinereo -rufescens ; palpi squamosi, graciles, oblique 

 ascendentes, verticem ionge superantes, articulo 3o lineari ; 

 antenna setulosae ; ala? linea flava obliqua apud costam 

 retracta, lunulis marginalibus nigris, reniformi jlavo margi- 

 nata ; anticas linea ante media flava vix arcuata, linea submar- 

 ginali flavescente undulata ; posticce linea submarginali e 

 guttis nigricantibus. 



Female. Cinereous-reddish, reddish cinereous beneath. Palpi 

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

 the head, rising much higher than the vertex ; third joint linear, 

 conical at the tip, much shorter than the second. Antennae setulose. 

 Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, slender. Wings rather broad, with a straight yellow line, 

 which extends from near the end of the interior border of the hind 



