LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 1083 



hardly convex in front, rounded at the tips, oblique along the exte- 

 rior border; interior angle much rounded; three inferior veins; 

 second much nearer to the first than to the third. 



1. RlPISA VIRIDESCENS. 



Mas. Obscure viridis ; abdomen testaceum, subtus albidum ; 

 pedes albidi ; alee antica ferrugineo nigro alboque notatm ; 

 postica albida?, apud costam virides. 



Male. Dull green. Antennae brownish. Abdomen testaceous, 

 whitish beneath. Legs whitish. Fore wings with ferruginous, 

 black and white marks ; the black and white marks chiefly on the 

 veins ; under side whitish, greenish along the costa. Hind wings 

 whitish, green, mingled with white about the costa. Length of the 

 body 7 lines; of the wiugs 16 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Genus 64. NEMETA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 validi, porrecti, pilosi, caput superantes; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, thorace paullo longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae postica? cal- 

 caribus quatuor longiusculis. Alae sat latae, non longae ; anticae 

 apud costam subrectae, apice angulatae, margine exteriore vix 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis obsolete or very short. Palpi 

 porrect, stout, pilose, extending some little distance beyond the 

 head; first joint very short; second long; third very minute. An- 

 tennae moderately pectinated, rather longer than the thorax. Ab- 

 domen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, pilose ; 

 hind tibiag with rather long apical spurs. Wings rather broad, not 

 long. Fore wings almost straight along the costa, nearly rectangu- 

 lar at the tips, not oblique along the exterior border, except towards 

 the interior angle, which is much rounded. Hind wings slightly 

 convex along the costa. 



I. Nemeta basifusca. 



Mas. Fusca ; caput supra thoracisque discus testacea ; abdomen 

 vitta dorsali fulva; tarsi albo fasciati ; al& anticce basi fas- 

 ciisque duabus subobliquis obscure fuscis. 



