LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1335 



2. Heliconisa LINEOSA. 



Mas. Cervina, subtus albida ; antenna fuscce ; abdomen supra 

 luteum; alee nigro-cinerece, fascia angusta alba lineisque apud 

 venas iestaceis et albis. 



Male. Fawn-colour, whitish beneath. Antennae brown. Ab- 

 domen luteous above. Tarsi black. Wings blackish gray, with a 

 slender white band, which is beyond the discal areolet, and is 

 straight iu the fore wings, but curved in the hind wings ; a slender 

 white or testaceous stripe along each vein. Fore wings blackish at 

 the base between the veins. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the 

 wings 28 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Genus 26. MICRATTACUS. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 validi, pilosi, brevissimi. Antennae late pectinalae, apices versus 

 serrate, thorace multo breviores. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae cal- 

 -earibus duobus parvis apicalibus. Alae amplae, maculis nullis 

 vitreis ; anticae falcatae, apud costam rectae, margine exteriore ob- 

 liquo unduloso ; posticae multo latiores, abdomen superantes. 



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

 very short. Antennae deeply pectinated, serrated for about one-fifth 

 of the length from the tips, much shorter than the thorax. Abdo- 

 men extending to a little beyond three-fourths of the breadth of the 

 hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with two short apical spurs. 

 Wings ample, without vitreous spots. Fore wings falcate, straight 

 along the costa till near the tips, where they are slightly convex, ob- 

 lique and deeply undulating along the exterior border ; interior 

 angle rounded ; second inferior vein thrice further from the third 

 than from the first. Hind wings very much broader than long, 

 much broader than the fore wings. 



1. MlCRATTACUS NANUS. 



Mas. Rufo-cervinus ; antenna testacece ; alee antica apud margi- 

 ncm exteriorem ex parte nigricantes, macula discali cana 

 fusco marginata fasciisque duabus gracillimis teslaceis fusco 

 ex pirte marginalise una undulosa, altera obliqua; posticai 

 macula flav.L fusco mirginata, extus pallidiores fascia rufes- 

 cente. 



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