LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 1505 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis of the usual length. 

 Palpi rather stout, applied to the head and resting on the front, ex- 

 tending nearly to the base of the antennae; third joint lanceolate, 

 much shorter than the second. Antennae stout, densely setose. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small, 

 slightly compressed. Legs smooth, slender, rather short ; spurs 

 slender. Wings elongate. Fore wings acute; exterior border 

 slightly convex, moderately oblique; third inferior vein about twice 

 further from the fourth than from the second. 



AURADISA GELIDALIS. 



Mas. Alba, nigro conspersa ; caput et thorax nigro fasciata ; 

 alee anticce litura costali, lineis quatuor dentatis punctisque 

 marginalihus elongatis nigris, fimbria nigro punctata ; posticce 

 semihyalince, margine exteriore fuscescente, punctis marginali- 

 bus nigricantibus. 



Male. White. Head with a broad black band on the front. 

 Palpi on the outer side, thorax and fore wings black-speckled. 

 Thorax with a narrow black band. Fore wings with a black costal 

 mark at the base and with four irregular dentate black lines, two of 

 which are antemedial and two postmedial ; marginal points black, 

 very much elongated transversely; fringe with black points. Hind 

 wings iridescent, semihyaline, slightly tinged with brown along the 

 exterior border; marginal points blackish, slightly elongated trans- 

 versely. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Miller's collection. 



Genus NIGETIA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Caput supra subglobosum ; fasciculus 

 frontalis productus. Proboscis brevis. Palpi oblique ascendentes, 

 verticem non superantes; articulus2us subtus densissime squamoso 

 fasciculatus; 3us conicus, minimus. Antenna? validae, pubescentes, 

 subserratae. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas posticas perpaullo superans ; 

 fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes laeves, graciles; tibiae posticae 

 subfimbriatae ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Alae anticae elongatae, acutae, 

 sat angustae, margine exteriore recto sat obliquo. 



Male. Body slender. Head slightly globose above ; frontal 

 tuft prominent. Proboscis short." Palpi obliquely ascending, not 

 rising higher than the vertex ; second joint most densely tufted 

 beneath with squamous hairs ; third conical, very minute. Antennae 

 stout, pubescent, slightly serrated. Abdomen tapering from the base 



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