LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 421 



20. Gauris? transversana. 



Mas. Rufo-fusca; vertex lute us ; palpi porrecti ; antenna 

 setosce ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; alee antica 

 elongate^ apice rotundate, disco basalt, macula subcostali 

 strigisque transversis luteis, costa basi subconvexa ; posticas 

 lutecEy margine lato nigricante. 



Male. Reddish brown. Body cinereous beneath. Head 

 luteous between the eyes. Palpi porrect, smooth, extending very 

 little beyond the head; third joint conical, not more than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antennae densely setose. Abdo- 

 men extending much beyond the hind wings. Leys cinereous ; 

 each tibia with a brown subapicai band ; tarsi brown towards the 

 base. Wings elongate. Fore wings rounded at the tips, luteous in 

 the disk towards the base, and with a luteous subcostal spot beyond 

 the middle, and with luteous transverse streaks; these are most 

 regular along the costa, and nearly disappear towards the exterior 

 border; costa slightly convex towards the base; exterior border 

 convex hindward, very slightly excavated in front. Hind wings 

 luteous, with a broad blackish marginal baud, which is composed of 

 speckles alon^ the interior border. Length of the body 5 lines; of 

 the wings 14 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 44. ATTERIA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, 

 squamosi, disjuncti, sat graci'es, vix arcuati ; articulus 3us linearis, 

 brevissimus, apice rotundatus. Antennae subsetulosae. Abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes breviusculi, sat robusti ; 

 tibiae subhmbriatae. Ala? anticee elongatae, latiusculae, apice sub- 

 rotundatae. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, squamous, 

 rather slender, hardly curved, apart from each other, as long as the 

 breadth of the head; third joint linear, rounded at the tip, not more 

 than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae minutely 

 setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 rather short and stout ; tibiae slightly fringed ; spurs moderately long. 

 Wings elongate, rather broad. Fore wings slightly nmnded at the 

 tips; costa slightly convex towards the base; exterior border slightly 

 convex, hardly oblique. 



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