LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1019 



Anodonta combusta, Boisd. Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. i. 

 pi. 18, f. 81,82. 



Male and female. Fawn- colour. Thorax with a brown band 

 and a brown stripe. Fore wings with a basal discal brown streak 

 and an intersected brown border. Hind wings brown with a testa- 

 ceous streak by the interior angle. 



Var. j8. Mas. Thorax fuscus, antice pallide cervinus ; abdomen 

 et alee posticce cinerea ; alee antic ce fuse ce, apud costam pallide 

 cervina?. 



Male. Thorax brown, pale fawn-colour in front. Abdomen 

 and hind wings cinereous. Fore wings brown, pale fawn-colour 

 towards the costa. 



a. Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



b. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



c. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 20. STAUROPUS. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi breves, 

 porrecti, pilosi, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Antennae corporis dimidio breviores. Thorax non cristatus. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas dimidio superans. Pedes pilis longis vestiti ; 

 tibiae postieae calcaribus duobus apicalibus sat longis. Alae lon- 

 giusculae, sat angustae ; anticse tnberculis elevatis, apud costam 

 convexae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. Mas. — 

 Antennae sat late pectinatae, apice serratae. Fcem. — Antenna? 

 simplices. 



Stauropus, Germar ; Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 2J ; Herr.- 



Schctff. 

 Bombyx, p., Linn. ; Fabr.; Gmel. ; Oliv.; Schr. ; Esp. ; Borkk. ; 



Hubn. ; Haw. ; God. 

 Harpyia, p., Ochs. ; Duponch. M 



Terasion, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 147. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi short, 

 porrect, pilose, extending a little beyond the Jiead ; third joint very 

 small. Antennae less than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 extending for about half its length beyond the hind wings Legs 

 clothed with long hairs ; hind tibiae with moderately long apical 

 spurs. Wings rather long and narrow. Fore wings convex along 

 the costa, rounded at the tips ; exterior border very oblique; first 

 and second inferior veins contiguous at the base; third remote. 

 Male. — Antennae rather deeply pectinated to five-sixths of the 



