LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1157 



Male. Brown. Antennae testaceous. Fore legs mostly black. 

 Wings dull fawn-colour. Fore wings above brown, with some 

 darker marks for half the length from the base ; the apical half with 

 a slightly oblique band of blackish marks. Length of the body 2| 

 lines ; of the wings 1\ lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Genus 33. MAREDA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 porrecti, validi, pilosi ; caput vix superantes; articulus 3us obtusus, 

 minimus. Antennae sat late pectinatae, thorace longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas non superans. Pedes sat validi. Alae mediocriter 

 latae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice subangulatae, margine exte- 

 riore vix obliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi 

 porrect, stout, pilose, hardly extending beyond the head ; first joint 

 very short ; third very minute and obtuse. Antennae rather deeply 

 pectinated, longer than the thorax. Abdomen extending as far as 

 the hind wings. Legs rather stout ; hind legs wanting. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings straight along the costa, almost an- 

 gular at the tips, hardly oblique along the exterior border ; first and 

 second inferior veins contiguous at the base ; third more than twice 

 further from the fourth than from the second. 



1. MAREDA FEKBUGINEA. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; coxce anticae apice albce ; alee nitentes, pos- 

 ticce pallidiores, subtus testacece. 



Male. Ferruginous. Fore coxae bright white at the tips. 

 Wings shining. Hind wings rather paler than the fore wings, tes- 

 taceous beneath. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



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