LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1691 



Genus PATRUISSA. 



Alas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi bre- 

 vissimi, porrecti, frontem uon superantes; articulus 3us miniums. 

 Antenuae late pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. 

 Pedes la?ves; tibia? posticae calcaribus quatuor parvis. Ala? elongata? ; 

 anticse apice rotundatae, costa recta, margine exteriore subrecto 

 perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis rather long. Palpi porrect, 

 very short, not extending beyond the front; third joint very minute. 

 Antennas broadly pectinated ; branches very thick-set. Abdomen 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, moderately 

 stout; hind tibiae with four short spurs. Wings elongate. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips; costa straight; exterior border nearly 

 straight, very oblique. 



PATRUISSA PYRRHOPH.EATA. 



Mas. Nigricante-cinerea, subtus late ochracea ; caput antice 

 nigrum; ala fascia fusca lata undulata angulata nigra mar- 

 ginata antice dilatata; antica spatio marginali nigricante. 



Male. Blackish cinereous, bright orange beneath. Head black 

 in front. Wings with a brown oblique broad undulating angular 

 black-bordered band, which is much dilated towards the costa of 

 the fore wings ; under side without markings. Fore wings with the 

 space between the band and the exterior border mostly blackish ; 

 under side reddish orange. Length of the body 6^ lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



a. ? Presented by T. Tatum, Esq. 



Genus CHIRIPHE. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi breves, 

 ascendentes, lanceolati, vix arcuati, articulo 3o parvo. Antennas 

 pubescentes. Abdomen alas posticas non superans ; fasciculus api- 

 calis parvus. Pedes laeves, breviusouli; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor approximatis. Alae amplae ; anticae apice rotundatse, costa 

 margineque exteriore subrectis. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis distinct. Palpi ascending, 

 smooth, lanceolate, very slightly curved, not rising so high as the 



