LEPIDOPTERA HRTEROCERA. 1067 



by a silvery dot at each end; under side brown, with testaceous bor- 

 ders. Hind wings brown ; fringe and under side whitish. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Genus 48. LUSURA. 



Fcem, Corpus robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 validi, longiusculi, deuse pilosi, oblique ascendentes, caput supe- 

 rantes ; ariiculus 3us conicus. Antennae subpectinatae, thorace 

 paullo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. Pedes 

 sat validi, antici dense pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 longiusculis. Alae sat latae ; antics) apud costam subconvexae, apice 

 rotundatae, margine exteriore obliquo. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi stout, 

 rather long, thickly pilose, obliquely ascending, extending beyond 

 the head ; third joint conical. Antennas minutely pectinated, rather 

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

 length beyond the hind wings. Legs moderately stout ; fore femora 

 and fore tibiae densely pilose, in which character this genus resembles 

 Dasychira; hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings somewhat convex in front, rounded 

 at the tips, oblique along the exterior border ; interior angle much 

 rounded ; discal areolet intersected by a longitudinal vein ; three 

 inferior veins ; second more than twice further from the third than 

 from the first. 



1. LUSUEA DISCALIS. 



Fcem. Cinerea, subtus albida ; caput supra et pedes antici fusca ; 

 palpi fusci, flavo uniguttati ; alee antica fusca, cinereo con- 

 spersce, lunulis exterioribus fasciisque duabus nigro-fuscis, 

 guttis submarginalibus ocellisque tribus discalibus albidis ; 

 posticce albida, fusco late marginatce. 



Female. Cinereous, whitish beneath. Head above and palpi 

 browu, the latter with a yellow dot on each. Antennae brown, tes- 

 i taceous beneath. Fore legs mostly clothed with brown hairs. 

 Fore wings brown, with cinereous flecks ; with two blackish brown 

 stripes, one near the base, the other subapical, and with three 

 oblique bands of blackish brown lunules ; a row of whitish dots near 

 the exterior border ; three whitish ocelli in the disk ; two in front, 

 contiguous, elongated, transverse; the third hindward, smaller, 



