LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1323 



Male. Brownish fawn-colour. Antennae pale testaceous. 

 Abdomen brown above. Fore wings testaceous along the costa, 

 cinereous-brown along the exterior border ; a testaceous oblique 

 band near the base, dilated in front, with a double brown border on 

 the inner side, and a quadruple one on the outer side ; a whitish 

 narrow band near the exterior border; a whitish streak and oblong 

 black spot near the tip of the costa, behind which there is a glau- 

 cous streak, some white and brown curved lines, and a small black 

 spot. Hind wings brownish towards the base ; a straight discal 

 brown band, beyond which there is a cinereous-brown band ; this is 

 bordered on the outer side by a whitish band, and between the lat- 

 ter and the exterior border there is a ferruginous band and a testa- 

 ceous band. Length of the body 16 lines ; of the wings 74 lines. 



a. Kio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Group 2. 



Mas. Corpus mediocriter robustum. Proboscis tenuis, brevis- 

 sima. Palpi validi, pilosi, porrecti, caput adaequantes. Antenna? 

 mediocriter pectinatae, thorace longiores, ram is subaequaliter longis. 

 Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus apicalibus 

 I minimis. Alas latae; anticae subfalcatae, apud costam convexee, 

 apice rotundatae aut subtruncatae, margine exteriore obliquo sub- 

 concavo ; posticae subcaudatae, abdomen triente superantes. Fcem. 

 — Antennae simplices. Alae posticae non caudatae. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis very short and 

 slender, but apparent (this character being an exception to the 

 Synopsis, p. 1198). Palpi stout, porrect, pilose, extending as far as 

 the head. Antennae moderately pectinated, longer than the thorax ; 

 one branch in each pair more slender, but nearly as long as the 

 other, which is ciliated. Abdomen extending to two-thirds of the 



i breadth of the hind wings. Legs stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with two 



i very short apical spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings subfalcate, 

 convex in front, rounded or slightly truncate at the tips, moderately 

 oblique and slightly concave along the exterior border ; second in- 

 ferior vein very much further from the third than from the first. 



i Hind wings with two short oblique tails. Female. — Antennae 



I simple. Hind wings without tails. 



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