LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 513 



1. TlRASIA GRANULATELLA. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; alee anticcc nigro conspersce, nigro-fusco 

 strigatce. Fcem. ? — Palpi dense pilosi, caput longe superantes ; 

 tarsi postici non pilosi ; alee anlicce margine exteriore minus 

 obliquo. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, cinereous-brown beneatb. Abdo- 

 men and bind wings brown. Fore wings minutely speckled with 

 black, minutely and transversely streaked with blackish brown. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Female P Palpi porrect, densely pilose, extending much beyond 

 the bead, nearly as long as the breadth of the latter. Abdomen 

 ishorter, less pilose. Hind tarsi not pilose. Fore wings less ferru- 

 ginous ; exterior border less oblique. Length of the body 5£ lines ; 

 of the wings 13 \ lines. 



b. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



c. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 29. TISSA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, squamoso, hirsutum. Proboscis nulla. 

 Palpi porrecti, robusti, lanceolati, capitis latitudine non breviores. 

 Antennae subpectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans. 

 Pedes robusti ; tibiae posticae piiosa?, calcaribus longis. Alae anticae 

 squamosa?, angustae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout, squamous, hirsute. Proboscis obsolete. 

 Palpi porrect, stout, lanceolate, as long as the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint lanceolate, a little shorter than the second. Antennae 

 slightly pectinated, more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 •extending much beyond the hind wings; apical tuft lage. Legs 

 jstout; hind tibiae pilose ; spurs long. Wings narrow. Fore wings 

 squamous, rounded at the tips ; costa quite straight ; exterior border 

 convex, very oblique. 



1. TlSSA INQUINATALIS. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca; pedes cinereo fasciati ; ala antic m nigro 

 conspersce, fasciis tribus cinereis interrupts indeterminatis, 

 fimbria cinerea fusco strigata ; postica? purpurea -fitsca. 



