LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 7'13 



antice conspicua, orbicularis reniformi maculaque pottica 

 taceis fusco marginatis ; posticus (dbn-ht/nl'vuc, atrice 

 ginequefuscisjinea exteriore fusca dcnticulata. 



Megastes grandalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyr. 376, 471. 



Brazil. 



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



Genus 12. OROBENA. 



Corpus graeile. Proboscis robusta. Palpi breves, squamosi ; 

 articulus 2us ascendens ; 3us distinctus, porrectus. Palpi raaxillares 

 penicillati, valde distincti. Antennae glabrae, filiforraes. Abdomen 

 conicum, attenuatum, alas posticas paullo superans. Alae amplae, 

 sericeae, non hyalinae nee iridescentes ; anticae pulverulentae, nebulosae, 

 apice subrotundatoe, lineis incjeterminatis subparallelis, fasciis e 

 atomis albis. 



Mesograpbe, p. et Scopolia, H'xibn. Verz. Schm. 354, 36S. 

 Scopula, p., Treit. Dup. 

 Botvs, p , Her r.-S chaff. 

 Orobena, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 376. 



Body slender. Probosris robust, separating the palpi. Palpi 

 short, squamous ; second joint rounded, ascending ; third distinct, 

 porrect. Maxillary palpi very distinct, penicillate, extending to the 

 secondjointof the labial palpi. Antennae filiform, smooth. Abdomen 

 conical, attenuated, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings 

 ample, silky, not hyaline nor iridescent. Fore wings pulverulent, 

 clouded, somewhat rounded at the tips, with irregular almost paral- 

 lel lines, marked by white atoms. 



1. Orobena Sophtalis. 

 Aim anticce cinereo-fuscoque nebulosa? y atomis glaucis, strigis duabus 

 subobsoletis albis ; poslica cinerece^ fascia exteriore obscu- 

 riore. 



., DeVUL EnL Linn. iv. 515. 



Phalaena Sophialis, Fabr. EnL Syst. iii. 2, 223, 354. 

 Grambus Sophias, Fab. Ent. Syst. SuppL 467, 21. 

 Phalaena variegalis ? Fabr. Ent. Si/st. iii. 2, 224, 355. 

 Pvralis Sophialis, Hiibn. Pyral. 29 21, pi. 8. f. 50. 

 Scopolia Sophialis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 368, 3531. 



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