LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 251 



1. G ALAN DA HEBRUSALIS. 



Mas. Tesiacea, fusco conspersa ; abdomen fuscvm, ma cnlis sub- 

 tus lateralibus nigris; ala anticce lineis nigris, linea interioie 

 anqulosa, exteriore subundulata costam versus flexa, submargi- 

 nali undulata fusco nebulosa, striga lata diffusa fusea margi- 

 nem e xteriorem attingente, puncto basali et orbiculari puncti- 

 formi nigris, reniformi pallide testacea angulum nigrum 

 includente. 



Male. Testaceous, thickly speckled with brown. Abdomen 

 brown, testaceous at the tip ; under side with black dots along each 

 side. Fore wings with black lines ; interior line zigzag ; exterior 

 line slightly undulating, bent inward towards the costa ; submargi- 

 nal line undulating, shaded with brown ; a broad diffuse brown 

 streak extending from the reniform mark to the exterior border ; 

 marginal points black; a black basal point ; orbicular mark black, 

 punctiform ; reniform pale testaceous, not speckled, including an 

 angular black point. Hind wings blackish cinereous above; under 

 side with a black discal mark and two exterior brown lines. Length 

 of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus ECREGMA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Palpi porrecti, pubescentes, non longi; 

 articulus 2us subarcuatos; 3us linearis, apice conicus, 2i dimidio 

 vix longior. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes graciles, 

 subnucii, calcaribus longis. Alas longiusculae, vix latae ; anticae 

 acutae, margine exteriore convexo obliquo. 



Female. Body slender. Head with a frontal tuft. Palpi 

 porrect, pubescent, hardly longer than the bread ih of the head ; 

 second joint slightly curved downward ; third linear, conical at the 

 tip, hardly more than half the length of the second. Abdomen 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender, nearly 

 bare ; spurs long. Wings rather long, hardly broad. Fore wings 

 acute; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. 



