LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 969 



Fore wings dark brown, with three large and some smaller tawny 

 black-bordered spots. Hind wings nearly bare and hyaline, with 

 a black stripe along the costa, and a broader one along the interior 

 border. Length of the body 6^ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Brazil. 



Genus 17. PANISA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, dense pilosum. Palpi breves, validi, 

 porrecti, caput non superantes, articulus 3us conicus, acuminatus. 

 Antennae usque ad apices pectinatae, thorace paullo longiores. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas triente superans. Pedes validi, pilosi, antici 

 graciles longiusculi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis apicalibus. 

 Alae vix latas ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine 

 exteriore obliquo. 



Male. Allied to the Limacodida?. Body stout, densely pilose. 

 Palpi short, stout, porrect, not extending beyond the head ; third 

 joint conical, acuminated. Antennae pectinated to the tips, rather 

 longer than the thorax; the branches moderately deep to beyond 

 half the length. Abdomen extending for about one-third of its 

 length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with 

 long apical spurs ; fore legs rather long and slender. Wings hardly 

 broad. Fore wings straight along the costa, rounded at the tips, 

 oblique along the exterior border; interior angle much rounded; 

 three superior veins ; discal areolet intersected by a distinct vein ; 

 second inferior vein about thrice further from the third than from 

 the first ; third nearly thrice further from the fourth than from the 

 second. 



1. Panisa circumdata, 



Mas. Ferrnginea ; antenna? albida?, basi alba?, ramis fcrrugineis • 

 abdomen apice subtus album ; pedes albo varii ; ala? cineras. 

 centeSj semihyalina, subpubescentes, marginibus obscurioribus m 



Male. Ferruginous. Antennae whitish, white at the base ; 

 branches ferruginous. Abdomen white at the tip beneath. Legs 

 partly clothed with whitish hairs; tarsi with white bands, or nearly 

 wholly white. Wings grayish, semihyaline, thinly pubescent; costa 

 and ciliae dark brown. Length of the body 4—5 lines ; of the 

 wings 9 — 11 lines. 



a, b. New Holland. From Capt. Parry's collection. 

 c. New South Wales. 



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