LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 739 



Genus 6. LONCHODES. 



Mas. Corpus gracillimum. Oculi maximi. Palpi ascen- 

 dentes, breves, ad frontem applicati. Antenna? longissimae, gra- 

 cillimae, submonilifonnes. Abdomen subfiliforme, apud medium 

 coarctatum, alas posticas longe superans ; segmentum apicale lon- 

 gissimum. Pedes longi, graciles. Alae tenues, nitentes, concolores, 

 lituris vix ullis ; anticas angustae, longissimae, lanceolatae, vena 

 interiore contorta; posticae breviusculae, apud angulum interiorem 

 subtruncatae. 



Lonchodes, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 354. 

 Epieorsia, p., Hiibn. Verz. Schm. 355. 



Male. Body very slender. Eyes very large. Palpi as- 

 cending, short, applied to the front. Antennae submoniliform, 

 very long and slender. Abdomen nearly filiform, straightened 

 in the middle, extending far beyond the hind wings ; apical seg- 

 ment linear, very long, ending in an obtuse point. Legs long, 

 slender. Wings delicate, shining, alike in colour, with hardly any 

 markings. Fore wings narrow, lanceolate, very long ; interior vein 

 much contorted. Hind wings much shorter, somewhat truncated at 

 the interior angle. 



1. Lonchodes mellinalis. 



Mas. Alee flavescente-hyalince, iridescentes, venis nigris ; anticce 

 strigis quatuor transversis discalibus, tribus anticis unaque 

 poslica fuscis. 

 Epieorsia mellinalis (Pyralis vulgaris, Palpita repandata), Hiibn 

 Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. 24, 69, f. 137, 138 ; Verz. Schmett. 

 356, 3406. 

 Lonchodes mellinalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 355, 423. 



< Brazil. 



2. Lonchodes capillalis. 



Mas. Flavescente-alba ; pedes longissimi ; alee anticce subirides- 

 centes, apice subobtusce, costa obscuriore subconcava, margine 

 exteriore recto ; posticce trigonce. 



Lonchodes capillalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 355, 424. 



Cayenne. 



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