LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEKA. 1073 



1. Lamnis DIVISA. 



Mas et foem. Albida ; caput supra nigrum; thorax nigra 

 bifasciatus ; abdominis dorsum rufum ; ala anticce nigro 

 conspersce et trifasciatcB, posticce basi et apud marginem 

 interiorem rufa?, 



Male and female. Whitish. Head above black. Antennas 

 with tawny branches. Thorax with two black bands in front, the 

 hind one interrupted. Abdomen above red. Fore wings with 

 blackish flecks, and with three slight blackish bands ; first near the 

 base ; second angular, beyond the middle; third zigzag, nearer the 

 exterior border. Hind wings red towards the base and along 

 the interior border ; veins elsewhere brown. Length of the body 

 7 — 8 lines; of the wings 19 — 24 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Genus 55. SURETA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 validi, porrecti, pilosi, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us minutus, 

 breviconicus. Antennae thorace longiores, triente basali mediocriter 

 pectinatas, inde ad apices serratse. Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans. Pedes validi ; tibia) late ciliatae, posticas calcaribus duo- 

 bus parvis apicalibus. Alas mediocriter lata? longaeque ; anticse 

 apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis obsolete? Palpi porrect, stout, 

 pilose, not extending beyond the head ; first joint short ; third 

 minute, short-conical. Antennas longer than the thorax, moderately 

 pectinated to one-third of the length, serrated from thence to the 

 tips. Abdomen extending for one-fourth of its length beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs stout, pilose ; tibiae deeply ciliated ; hind tibiae 

 with small apical spurs. Wings moderately broad and loug. Fore 

 wirgs straight along the costa, rounded at the tips, oblique along 

 the exterior border ; interior border slightly excavated towards the 

 interior angle ; first and second inferior veins contiguous at the 

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

 second. 



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