LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 39 



West Indies. 



Sect. n. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi la- 

 biates erecti, pubescentes, verticem superantes ; articulus 3us longi- 

 conicus, 2i dimidio brevior. Palpi maxillares porrecti, breves, 

 squamoso-hirsuti. Antennae subserratae, subpubescentes, basi sub- 

 incrassatae. Abdomen alas posticas superans ; fasciculus apicalis 

 parvus, quadratus. Pedes validi, laeves ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor longis. Alae anticae longae, angustae, apice rotundatae, niar- 

 gine exteriore convexo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis distinct. Labial 

 palpi erect, pubescent, rising higber tban tbe vertex; third joint 

 elongate-conical, less than half the length of the second. Maxil- 

 lary palpi porrect, short, squamous-hirsute. Antennae very mi- 

 nutely serrated and pubescent, slightly incrassated at the base. 

 Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 small, quadrate. Legs stout, smooth ; hind tibia? with four long 

 spurs. Wings elougate. Fore win^s narrow, rounded at the tips ; 

 costa straight ; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. 



3. Teachonitis lucidaxis. 



Mas. Cinerea ; aloe anlicce nigro conspersi$,fasciis duabus, linea 

 exteriore abbreviata lineaque submarginali dentata duplicata 

 nigricantibus postice ferrugineis, punctis marginalibus nigris ; 

 al(B postica? iridescenles subkyalince. 



Male. Cinereous. Fore wings hoary, minutely black-speckled, 

 with blackish markings, which become ferruginous towards the inte- 

 rior border ; a basal band, another band before the middle, an 

 oblique exterior line which is abbreviated in front, and a double 

 dentate submargiual line ; marginal points black. Hind wings 

 nearly hyaline, very iridescent ; fringe whitish, interlined with pale 

 brown near the base like that of the fore wings. Length of the 

 body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



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



Borneo. 



4. Teachonitis dilaticoenis. 



Mas. Cervina ; palpi lati, erecti, subarcuati, verticem superantes ; 

 antenna? dimidio basali incrassatce el dilatalce ; thorax punctis 



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