LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1143 



five-sixths of the length, simple from thence to the tips. Pectus and 

 ahdomen pale testaceous, the latter pale ferruginous beneath to- 

 wards the base. Fore wings brown along the exterior border, the 

 brown part forming two curves on its inner side ; a brown spot at 

 the base of the costa, occupying one-fourth of the length and one 

 half of the breadth of the wing. Hind wings pale testaceous ; 

 a little darker about the border. Length of the body 4i — 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 13 — 14 lines. 



Eio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Genus 25. EUCLEA. 



Mas el fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. 

 Palpi porrecti, sat vaiidi, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us co- 

 nicus, acutus. Antenna? tborace paullo longiores. Abdomen alas 

 posticas non superans. Pedes vaiidi, pilosi; tibiae posticae ealcari- 

 bus quatuor breviusculis. Alae sat latae ; anticae apud costam sub- 

 rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore obliquo, angulo interiore 

 rotundato. Mas. — Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, dimidio apicali 

 simplices. Fcem. — Antennae simplices. 



Euclea, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 149. 

 Limacodes, p., Duncan ; Herr.-S chaff. 



Male and female. Body rather stout. Proboscis not visible. 

 Palpi porrect, rather stout, extending a little beyond the head ; 

 third joint conical, acute. Antennae a little longer than the thorax. 

 Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Legs stout, pilose ; 

 hind tibiae with four rather short spurs. Wings moderately broad. 

 Fore wings nearly straight along the costa, rounded at the tips, ob- 

 lique along the exterior border ; interior angle rounded; second 

 inferior vein rather further from the third than from the first. 

 Male. — Antennae moderately pectinated to nearly half the length, 

 j simple from thence to the tips. Female. — Antennae simple. 



1. Euclea Cippus. 



Mas. Fusco-rufa ; al& antica fascia arcuata liturisque nonnullis 

 obscure fuscis, necnon maculis duabus viridibus duabusque 

 rufis. 



Bombyx Cippus, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. 84, pi. 53, f. E. Fabr. Sp. 



Ins. ii. 189, 87; Mant. Ins. ii. 121, 119. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. 



i. 5, 2427, 549. Abbot fy Smith, Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Georgia, 



ii. pi. 13. Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. 72, 163. 

 Limacodes Cippus, Duncan, Nat. Libr. xxxvii. Exot. Moths, 177, 



pi. 21, f. 1,2. 



