1074 CATALOGUE OF 



]. SURETA TRIPAES. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; antennae et abdomen fulva, hoc apice ferru- 

 gineum ; alee anticce dimidio antico fuscce, subtus albidce ; 

 posticce alba, rnargine interior e fulvescente. 



Male. Ferruginous. Antennae and abdomen tawny, the latter 

 ferruginous towards the tip. Fore wings brown along the costa for 

 three -fourths of the length and for full half the breadth ; under side 

 whitish about the borders, and with whitish veins. Hind wings 

 white, somewhat tawny about the interior border. Length of the 

 body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Genus 56. DEDIAMA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 validi, longiusculi, pilosi, subascendentes, caput superantes ; arti- 

 culus 3us minutus, conicus. Antenna? latissime pectinate?, thorace 

 non longiores. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes 

 validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticse calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae Ion- 

 giusculae, sat lata? ; antica? apud costam recta?, apice vix acuminata?, 

 rnargine exteriore obliquo. 



Male. Resembles the Noctuites. Body moderately stout. 

 Proboscis not apparent. Palpi stout, pilose, rather long, slightly 

 ascending, extending beyond the head ; third joint minute, conical. 

 Antennae with an elongated process on each at the base, very deeply 

 pectinated, as long as the thorax. Abdomen extending for one- 

 fourth of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, pilose; 

 hind tibia? with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad, rather 

 long. Fore wings straight along the costa, hardly acuminated at 

 the tips, oblique along the exterior border; interior angle obtuse ; 

 discal areolet intersected by a secondary vein ; first and second in- 

 ferior veins united at the base ; third about twice further from the 

 fourth than from the second. 



1. Dediama antica. 



Mas. Pallide cervina ; caput et thorax fusco varia ; pectus et 

 femora albida ; tibice tarsique fusco fasciata ; alee anticce 

 fusco strigatce, maculis duabus out tribus inferioribus dis- 

 calibus fuscis ; posticce pallidce fusco marginatce. 



