LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEEA. 1095 



Mexico. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 Mexico. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



2. Alpis xanthopasa. 



Foem. Ferruginea ; caput supra et abdomen apice testacea ; alee 

 anticce fuscescentes, basi ferruginece, macula discali fasciaque 

 obl'iqua diffusa albidis ; posticce cinerece, ciliis obscurioribus. 



Phalaena-Bombyx xanthopasa, Anon. Ins. Sunn. i. 35, pi. 14. 



Surinam. 



Female. Ferruginous. Head above and abdomen at the tip 

 testaceous. Antenna? whitish. Fore wings mostly brownish, ferru- 

 ginous towards the base, with a whitish discal spot, and with an 

 oblique diffuse whitish band near and parallel to the exterior bor- 

 der ; second inferior vein about six times further from the third 

 than from the first ; third nearer to the fourth than to the second. 

 Hind wings grayish, with darker ciliae. Length of the body 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 28 lines. 



a. South America. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



Genus 74. INOUS. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, breve, densissime pilosum. Palpi 

 porrecti, pilosissimi, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Antennae subpectinatae, corporis dimidio paullo longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas non superans. Pedes ciliati, sat validi; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus duobus minutis apicalibus. Alae non lougae ; anticae sat 

 angustae. 



Male. Allied to the Limacodida. Body stout, short, very 

 thickly clothed with hairs. Palpi porrect, very pilose, not ex- 

 tending beyond the head ; third joint very small. Antennae 

 slightly pectinated, rather more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout, 

 ciliated; hind tibiae with minute apical spurs. Wings not long. 

 Fore wings rather narrow; second inferior vein almost as near to the 

 third as to the first ; third a little further from the fourth than from 

 the second. 



