LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1079 



Genus 60. RIGEMA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 pilosi, brevissimi ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae simplices, tho- 

 race paullo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas plus triente superans. 

 Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longiusculis. 

 Alae sat angustae ; anticae apud costam fere rectae, apice subacumi- 

 natae, margine exteriore obliquo. 



Male. Resembles tbe Noctuites. Body moderately stout. 

 Proboscis not visible. Palpi pilose, very short; third joint very 

 small. Antennae simple, a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen 

 extending for a little more than one-third of its length beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs stout, pilose; hind tibiae with four rather long 

 spurs. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings almost- straight along 

 the costa, somewhat acuminated at the tips, oblique along the exte- 

 rior border ; interior angle much rounded ; discal areolet intersected 

 by a secondary vein; three inferior veins; first and second nearly 

 contiguous at the base ; third remote. 



1. RiGEMA VITTATA. 



Mas. Albido-jlava ; caput et pectus antice thoracisque latera 

 antica lutea ; abdomen vitta dorsali lata fusca ; alee antica 

 vittis duabus rufescentibus. 



Male. Whitish yeliow. Head in front, antennae, sides of the 

 thorax in front and fore part of the pectus hueous. Abdomen with 

 a broad dorsal brown stripe which does not extend to the tip. Fore 

 wings with two reddish stripes, which are connected on the exterior 

 border, one in the disk, the other along the interior border. Length 

 of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



a—c. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Genus 61. NOLECA. 



Foem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 porrecti, pilosi, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us minutus, 

 fusiformis. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes graciles ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae mediocriter latae; 

 anticae apud costam convexae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore 

 obliquo, angulo interiore bene determinate 



Female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi 

 porrect, pilose, extending a little beyond the head ; third joint 



