LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1105 



wings with a ferruginous zigzag line near the base ; orbicular form- 

 ing a large ferruginous ringlet ; reniform large, ferruginous-bor- 

 dered, of the usual form. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 

 22 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus BLANONA. 



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

 graciles, oblique ascendentes, verticem longissime superantes; arii- 

 cuius 3us linearis, 2o brevior. Antennae setosae. Abdomen alas 

 posticas non superans ; fasciculus apicalis compressus, minimus. 

 Pedes laeves, sat graciles; calcaria longissima. Ala? antica3 latius- 

 culae, aeutae, margine exteriore convexo subobliquo ; posticee margine 

 exteriore flexo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 smooth, slender, obliquely ascending, very much longer than the 

 breadth of the head and rising very high above the vertex ; third 

 joint linear, rather shorter than the second. Antennae setose. Ab- 

 domen not extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft compressed, 

 very small. Legs smooth, rather slender; spurs very long. Wings 

 rather broad. Fore wings acute ; exterior border convex, slightly 

 oblique. Hind wings with the exterior border forming a much 

 rounded angle. 



Blanona selenisoides. 



Mas. Argenteo-cinerea ; palpi ochracei ; alee obscure cupreo- 

 fuscce, vitta albido-ochracea ; an ticce fascia submarginali recta 

 argenteo-cinerea, orbiculari et reniformi fusco marginatis ; 

 posticee fimbria antica cana, 



Male. Silvery cinereous. Palpi ochraceous. Wings dark 

 cupreous-brown, with a whitish ochraceous stripe, which occupies 

 half the length of the costa of the hind wings and the base of the 

 fore wings, and is subcostal and lanceolate in the latter, and extends 

 to three-fourths of the length ; under side with a submarginal line 

 of white points. Fore wings with a straight silvery cinereous sub- 

 marginal band ; orbicular and reniform marks brown-bordered, in 

 the stripe; four white costal points near the tip. Hind wings with 

 the fringe hoary along half the length from the tip. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



2 MS 



