LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1115 



h ROMOSA INVARIA. 



Mas. Luteo-cervina ; alarum, anticarum vena basi subferruginece . 



Male. Luteous fawn-colour. Antennae rather paler. Veins 

 towards the base of the fore wings somewhat ferruginous. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 10. LARUMA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, dense pilosum. Proboscis non con- 

 spicua. Palpi brevissimi,pilosissimi. Antennae latissime pectinatae, 

 thorace paullo longiores. Abdomen apice fasciculatum, alas posticas 

 vix superans. Pedes validi, dense pilosi. Alae latae, non longs ; 

 anticae apud costam subrectae, apice vix angulatae, raargine exteriore 

 subobliquo, angulo interiore rotundato. 



Male. Body stout, thickly pilose. Proboscis not visible. 

 Palpi very short and pilose. Antennae very deeply pectinated, 

 rather longer than the thorax. Abdomen tufted at its tip, extending 

 very little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, densely pilose. 

 Wings broad, not long. Fore wings almost straight in front ; 

 hardly angular at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior bor- 

 der; interior angle rounded; three inferior veins; second much 

 nearer to the first than to the third. 



1. Laruma heterogenea. 



Mas. Obscure fusca ; ala antic ce fasciis angustis undulosis sub - 

 cinereis guttaque discali nigra. 



Bombyx heterogenea, MSS. 



Male. Dark brown. Fore wings with slender undulating 

 grayish bands, one near the base, the other two beyond a blackish 

 discal dot, the third double towards the costa. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Venezuela. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 11. DORATIFERA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus incrassatum. Proboscis non conspicua. 

 Palpi breves, porrecti, pilosi, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us 

 minutus. Antennae corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas 



