LEPIDOPTERA HETEUOCERA. 1345 



Genus 30. MOLIPPA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi breves, 

 caput non superantes. Antennae tborace multo breviores. Pedes 

 | validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticoe calcaribus duobus brevissirais apicalibus. 

 Alae longiusculoe, sat angustae, ocellis maculisque vitveis nullis ; 

 anticae apud costam plus minusve convexae, marline exieriore plus 

 minusve obliquo. Mas. — Antennae late pectinate, ramis duplicatis 

 •ciliatis. Alas anticae subfalcatae, margin e exteriore subconcavo. 

 Fcem.—~ Antennae serratae. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi short, not 

 extending beyond the bead. Antennae much shorter than the tho- 

 rax. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Legs stout, 

 pilose ; hind tibiae with two very short apical spurs. Wings rather 

 long and narrow, without ocelli and vitreous spots. Fore wings 

 more or less convex in front, oblique or very oblique along the exte- 

 rior border; interior angle rounded; second inferior vein full thrice 

 further from the third than from the first. Male. — Antennae deeply 

 pectinated; branches in pairs, ciliated; one in each pair a little 

 shorter than the other. Fore wings slightly falcate ; exterior bor- 

 der slightly concave in the middle. Female. — Antennae serrated. 



1. Molippa Sabina. 



Mas et fcera. Albida ; antennce fulvce ; thorax fusco varins, pilis 

 plurimis longis lanceolaiis nigris ; abdomen supra luteum, 

 nigro fasciatum, albo pilosum; alee anticce fasciis duabus 

 duplicatis annuloque fuscis, necnon macula apicali fusca plaga- 

 que exteriore cinerea ; posticce fasciis duabus exterioribus 

 cinereis fasciaque submarginali fulva. 



Io Sabina, MSS. 



Whitish. Antenna? tawny. Thorax partly brown, with nume- 

 rous long lanceolate black hairs. Abdomen above bright luteous, 

 with black bands, and with numerous long white hairs. Legs 

 mostly clothed with whitish hairs. Fore wings mostly pale brown, 

 with two slender double undulating brown bands, and with a very 

 large irregular discal brown circlet ; a brown spot at the tip of the 

 costa and a grayish space along the hinder exterior border of the 

 outer band. Hind wings blackish along the interior border, with 

 two exterior gray bands, and with a slender tawny submarginal 

 band. Length of the body 11 — 14 lines ; of the wings 30 — 38 lines. 



a, b. Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



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