LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1333 



3. Henucha Smilax. 



Alee antictB maris valde falcatce obscure fulvce seu subcinereo-fuscce, 

 fascia lata obliqua livicla seu castanea utrinque linea tenui pal- 

 lida marginata ; anticce plaga magna subtriloba vitrea ; pos- 

 ticce lunula parva media vitrea. 



-, Angas : PL Amazoolu Lepid. f. 12. 



Saturnia (Henucha ?) Smilax, Westw. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 

 1849,59,31. 



"Veins of the wings arranged as in H. Delegorguei, the ocellus 

 of the fore wing resting on the outside of the transverse veinlet 

 closing the discai areolet, and being divided into two parts by the 

 outer branch of the postcostal vein. Male. — Fore wings rather nar- 

 row, very much hooked at the tip, and angulated beyond the middle 

 of the costa. Antennae scarcely pectinated beyond the middle, with 

 twenty-two rays on each side ; apical half simple, with only nume- 

 rous short setae at the extremity of the joints. Female. — Fore 

 wings slightly waved along the outer margin. Antennae quite 

 simple and setaceous. 



ta, b. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



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Genus 25. HELICONISA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Palpi brevissimi. Proboscis non con- 

 spicua. Antennae latissime pectinate, thorace multo longiores ; 

 rami simplices, subaequales, longi, graciles, ciliati. Pedes sat gra- 

 ciles; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor mediocriter longis. Alae 

 vitreae, latiusculas ; anticae apud costam subrectae, apice rotundatae, 

 margine exteriore recto parum obliquo ; posticae abdomen paullo 

 superantes. Fcem. P — Corpus crassum. Antennae subserrate, tho- 

 irace paullo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans. 

 Pedes sat validi, dense pilosi. Alae subvestite, sat angustas ; 

 anticae margine exteriore sat obliquo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis not visible. Palpi 

 ivery short, not extending so far as the head. Antennae very deeply 

 jpectinated, much longer than the thorax ; branches long, slender, 

 ciliated, of nearly equal length, not in pairs. Abdomen slightly 

 pilose. Legs rather slender ; hind tibiae with four moderately long 

 spurs. Wings rather broad, transparent and almost bare, with the 

 exception of the margin. Fore wings nearly straight in front, 

 slightly rounded at the tips, straight and very slightly oblique along 



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