LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 1047 



brown ; a dark brown and whitish mark by the interior angle. 

 Length of the body 15 lines ; of the wings 38 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 38. ANEUROCAMPA. 



Statura magna. Corpus robustum. Proboscis capitis latitu- 

 dine multo longior. Palpi validi, porrecti, pilosi, caput paullo 

 superantes ; articulus 3us parvus, obtusus. Antennae thorace multo 

 longiores. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. Pedes ro- 

 busti, dense pilosi ; tibia? postieae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae 

 longiusculae, sat lata? ; anticae apud costam subconvexae, apice 

 rotundatse, margine exteriore subobliquo parum denticulato, inte- 

 riore integro; postieae apud costam convexae, apice subangulatae, 

 margine exteriore vix denticulato. Mas. — Antennae sat late pecti- 

 natae. Abdomen apice fasciculatum. Fcem. — Antennae mediocriter 

 pectinatae. 



Aneurocampa, Boisd. ; Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 1. 



Size large. Body stout. Proboscis much longer than the 

 breadth of the head, Palpi robust, very pilose, extending little 

 beyond the head ; third joint small, obtuse. Antennae much longer 

 than the thorax. Abdomen extending for about one-third of its 

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

 with four long spurs. Wings rather long, moderately broad. 

 Fore wings very slightly convex in front, rounded at the tips, 

 slightly oblique and slightly denticulated along the exterior border ; 

 interior angle rounded ; interior border slightly fasciculated towards 

 the base ; discal areolet intersected by a secondary vein ; three 

 inferior veins; first and second nearly contiguous; third rather 

 remote. Hind wings convex in front, hardly angular at the tips ; 

 exterior border hardly denticulated. Male. — Antennae rather deeply 

 pectinated. Abdomen tufted at the tip. Female. — Antennae mo- 

 derately pectinated. 



A. Abdomen nigrum. mingens, Boisd. 



B. Abdomen fuscum. ----- flavigutta, Walk. 



C. Abdomen ferrugineum. - canovaria, Walk. 



iD. Abdomen cervinum. - melanostigma, Walk. 



1. Aneurocampa mingens. 



Viridi-fusca, albido varia, subtus ex parte lutea ; antenna pallide 

 lutece ; abdominis dorsum nigro luteo fasciatum ; alee antica 

 plaga costali albida, posticce fuscce luteo marginatce. 



