LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1001 



Antennce pubescent. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Tarsi hairy. Fore wings convex in front, rounded at 

 the tips, very oblique along the exterior border, which forms an 

 almost continuous curve with the interior border. 



Surinam. 



10. NOTODONTA? DOLABRATA. 



Foem. Cervina ; alee anticce sericece nitentes, apud costam fuscee 

 liturisque plurimis transver sis fuscis notatce. 



Phalaena dolabrata, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 34, pi. 306, f. F. 



Fern. Antennas simple, longer than the thorax. Abdomen 

 extending as far as the hind wings. Wings moderately broad. 

 Fore wings slightly convex along the costa, rounded at the tips, very 

 oblique along the exterior border ; interior angle much rounded. 



Surinam. 



Africa. 



11. NOTODONTA? BlTIA. 



Mas. Obscure viridis; antennce, abdomen et alee posticce ferru- 

 ginea ; alee anticee fasciis linearibus basalibus nonnullis alte- 

 risque discalibus mar gineque fuscis. 



Phalaena-Rombyx Bitia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 69, pi. 322, f. F. 



Male. Dull dark green. Antennae, abdomen and hind wings 

 ferruginous. Fore wings with slender brown bands, some near 

 together towards the base, others more oblique and in the disk ; ex- 

 terior border brown. 



Guinea. 



Genus 9. PHEOSIA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis distincta, brevissima. Palpi 

 brevissimi, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. An- 

 tennae thorace paullo longiores. Thorax non cristatus. Abdomen 

 cristatum, alas posiicas triente superans. Pedes sat breves et gra- 

 ciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus apicalibus minutis. Alae 

 longiusculae, sat angustae ; anticae subfusi formes, apud costam 

 rectae, apice vix angulatae, margine exteriore perobliquo, margine 

 interiore apud medium fasciculato. Mas. — Antennae mediocriter 

 pectinatae. Foem.— -Antennae subpectinatae. 



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