LEriDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 957 



Genus 4. PSYCHAGRAPHA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum, valde pilosum ; palpi breves, por- 

 recti, lanceolati, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us acutus, mini- 

 mus ; antenna? breviter pectinatae, thorace multo breviores. Abdo- 

 men apice subfasciculatum. Pedes graciles, brevinsculi. Alae pilosae, 

 sat latae ; anticse apud costam vix convexae, apice rotundatae ; pos- 

 ticae abdomen longe superantes. 



Male, Body rather stout, very pilose. Palpi short, porrect, 

 lanceolate, not extending beyond the head ; third joint acute, very 

 small. Antenna? pectinated, much shorter than the thorax ; branches 

 short. Abdomen somewhat tufted at the tip, extending to about 

 half the breadth of the hind wings. Legs rather short and slender ; 

 hind tibiae without spurs? Wings pilose, rather broad. Fore wings 

 hardly convex in front, rounded at the tips; subcostal vein emitting 

 two branches in front ; discal areolet divided by a distinct longitudi- 

 nal vein ; three inferior veins ; second as far from the first as from 

 the third ; third full thrice further from the fourth than from the 

 second. 



1. PSYCHAGRAPHA FLOCCOSA. 



Mas. Pallide fusca ; caput, thorax antice et pedes antici ob- 

 scuriora ; abdomen subtus apice albidum ; alee nitentes, sub- 

 lanuginosw ; antica disco nigricantes. 



Male. Pale brown. Head, thorax in front and fore legs dark 

 brown. Abdomen whitish beneath towards the tip. Wings shining, 

 clothed with somewhat woolly hairs. Fore wings blackish about the 

 tip of the discal areolet. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 1 1-J- lines. 



Amazon district. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 5. METISA. 



Mas. Corpus gracillimum, fere nudum. Antennae corporis 

 dimidio longiores, usque ad apices latissime pectinatae. Pedes 

 gracillimi, fere nudi. Alae latae, non longae ; anticae apud costam 

 fere rectae, apice rotundatae ; posticae abdomen superantes. 



Male. Body very slender, almost bare. Antennae more than 

 half the length of the body, pectinated to the tips, with about 

 twenty very long pubescent branches. Abdomen not extending so 

 far as the hind wings. Legs very slender, almost bare. Wings 



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