LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1145 



Genus 26. SURIDA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 validi, porrecti, longiusculi, caput superantes ; articulus 3us parvus, 

 longi-conicus, acutus. Antennae mediocriter pectinatag. Abdomen 

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

 caribus quatuor longiusculis. Aiae mediocriter latae ; anticae apud 

 costam rectae, apice subangulatae, margine exteriore obliquo, angulo 

 interiore rotundato. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi stout, porrect, 

 rather long, extending beyond the head; first joint short; third 

 small, elongate-conical, acute. Antennae moderately pectinated ; 

 the branches longest in the middle part. Abdomen extending as 

 far as the hind wings. Legs stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with four 

 rather long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight 

 along the costa, almost angular at the tips, oblique along the 

 exterior border ; interior angle rounded; second inferior vein much 

 nearer to the first than to the third ; third as far from the second as 

 from the fourth. 



1. Surida INCISA. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca; alee anticce fascia undulosa nigricante 

 albido ex parte marginata, lituraque discali argentea sub- 

 clavata. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown. Fore wings with a blackish undu- 

 lating stripe in front of the middle, partly bordered with white ; 

 a silvery transverse subclavate mark in the disk near the base ; un- 

 der side with a whitish subapical iunule. Length of the body 4 

 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Genus 27. LIMACODES. 



Corpus sat valid um, aut gracile. Proboscis non conspicua. 

 Palpi porrecti, graciles, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us par- 

 ; vus, acutus. Antennae simplices aut fere simplices, thorace paullo 

 longiores. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes graciles 

 aut sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor sat longis. Alae 

 mediocriter latae ; anticae apud costam subconvexae, apice rotundatae, 

 margine exteriore subobliquo, angulo interiore rotundato. 



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