LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1115 



Male. Dark reddish cinereous. Fore wings along the apical 

 part of the costa and hind wings heneath, except towards the ex- 

 terior horder, dull ochraceons. Wings with three hlackish denticu- 

 lated lines; second line clouded with brown ; submarginal line dis- 

 tinguished by cinereous dots, which are diffusedly bordered with 

 brown. Fore wings with a white undulating transverse streak, of 

 which the fore end joins a cinereous costal patch; three white costal 

 points towards the tip. Hind wings with the third line brown- 

 clouded ; submarginal line more distinct than in the fore wings. 

 Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Genus MANBUTA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi lseves, 

 sat graciles, oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo superantes ; 

 articulus 3us linearis, 2i dimidio non longior. Antennas vix 

 pectinata?. Abdomen alas posticas vixsuperans; fasciculus apicalis 

 minimus. Pedes robusti, laeves ; calcaria longissima. Alae antieae 

 latiuscula?, acutae, margine exteriore subflexo. 



Male. Body very stout. Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi 

 smooth, rather slender, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint linear, almost half the length of the 

 second. Antennas very slightly pectinated. Abdomen hardly ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft very small. Legs 

 stout, smooth ; spurs very long. Wings rather broad. Fore wings 

 acute ; exterior border slightly bent in the middle; second inferior 

 vein much nearer to the first than to the third ; fourth rather 

 remote from the third. 



Manbuta devia. 



Mas. Pallide ochraceo-cinerea ; palporum articulus 2us extus 

 fuscus ; alee basi fuscescentes, linea ante media subrecta linea- 

 que exteriore undulata nigricantibus interruptis, fascia inter- 

 rupta fuscescente ; anticce macula ante media liturisque duabus 

 costa it bus nigricantibus. 



Male. Pale ochraceous-einereous. Second joint of the palpi 

 brown on the outer side. Wings brownish towards the base; a 

 blackish oblique nearly straight antemedial line, and an exterior 



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