LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 469 



a brownish point in the second hand. Hind wings semivitreous, 

 with three cinereous bands, which are brown on the veins ; first and 

 second incomplete ; third marginal. Length of the body 5£ lines ; 

 of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Paesented by E. Templeton, Esq. 



Genus 3. ZEBRONIA. 



Corpus gracile. Ocelli distincti. Proboscis longa, strenua. 

 Palpi breves, robusti, erecti, subarcuati ; articulus 2us antice pilo- 

 sus ; 3us conicus, minimus. Antenna? setaceae, longa?, graciles, 

 laeves. Abdomen longum, alas posticas superans. Pedes longi, 

 laeves, calcaribus longissimis. Alae laeves, nitentes, subiridescentes, 

 saepissime alba?, lituris transversis obscuris ; anticae oblongae, apice 

 plus minusve elongatae ; posticae angulo interiore plus minusve 

 producto. Mas. — Abdomen attenuatum, longissimum. 



Zebronia, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 361. 

 Spilomela, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 280. 



Body slender. Ocelli distinct. Proboscis long, stout. Palpi 

 short, stout, vertical, slightly curved; second joint pilose in front; 

 third conical, minute, not more than one- fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae long, slender, smooth, cylindrical, setaceous. 

 Abdomen long, extending beyond the hind wings. Legs long, 

 smooth ; spurs very long. Wings smooth, shining, rather irides- 

 cent, generally white with transverse dark marks. Fore wings ob- 

 long, more or less elongated at the tips. Hind wings with the 

 interior angle more or less elongated. Male. — Abdomen longer and 

 more attenuated than in the female. 



Type, Z. perspicalis. Several of the following Zebronia differ 

 somewhat in character from the type, but may continue in the genus 

 until additional species are known. 



North America. 



1. Zebronia platinalis. 



Alba; thorax antice nigro trimaculatus ; abdomen nigro fasciatum 

 et apice trivittalum, apicem versus luteum ; ala? nigro quinque 

 lineatm ; anticce tinea 3a valde serpentina, annulis duobus 

 costalibus nigris. 



Spilomela platinalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 282, 277. 



a — d. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq 



