

LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1171 



somewhat acuminated at the tips, extremely oblique along the exte- 

 rior border, almost twice the length of the hind wings ; three inferior 

 veins; second' about twice further from the third than from the 

 first 



1. MORESA COSTALIS. 



Fcem. Prasina ; caput album, antice fuscum viridi biguttatum ; 

 pectus album, viridi bivittatum ; abdomen lufeum, basi supra 

 viride ; pedes testacei ; alee antica alba costa fasciaque perob- 

 liqua excisa latiuscula fuscis atomariis ; posticce pallide lutece. 



Female. Deep grass-green. Head white, brown in front, with 

 a green dot on each side. Pectus white, with two green stripes. 

 Abdomen pale luteous, green at the base above. Legs testaceous. 

 Fore wings white, with black flecks along the costa, and with a 

 middle, jagged, rather broad and very oblique band of the same 

 colour ; under side testaceous. Hind wings pale luteous, testaceous 

 beneath. Length of the body 11 lines; of the wings 29 lines. 



a, Brazil. Presented by W. Wilson Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 5. NEGERA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 porrecti, sat graciles, fere nudi, caput non superantes; articulus 3us 

 conicus, minimus. Antennae late pectinata?, thorace longiores. 

 Pedes sat validi, subpilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus apicali- 

 bus mediocriter longis. Alae latae ; antieae apud costam subconvexae, 

 apice vix falcatae, margine exteriore subobliquo et subunduloso; pos- 

 ticae abdomen superantes. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi 

 porrect, rather slender, nearly bare, not extending quite so far as 

 the head; third joint conical, very minute. Antennae deeply pecti- 

 nated, longer than the thorax. Abdomen not extending so far as 

 the hind wings. Legs rather stout, slightly pilose ; hind tibiae with 

 two moderately long apical spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings 

 slightly convex along the costa, hardly falcate at the tips; slightly 

 oblique, and very slightly undulating along the exterior border; in- 

 terior angle rounded ; second inferior vein twice further from the 

 third than from the first ; third much more than twice further from 

 the fourth than from the second. 



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