LEPIDOPTERA HETERGCERA. 1413 



Genus 7. AMYDONA. 



Fcem. Corpus crassum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi bre- 

 vissimi, caput non superantes; articulus 3us minimus. Antenna* 

 serratae. Pedes valid! ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus apicalibus 

 parvis. Alas longiusculce, sat latae; anticae apud costam subcon- 

 vexa?, apice rotuudatae, margine exteriore perobliquo ; posticae ab- 

 domen non superantes. 



Female. Body tbick. Proboscis not visible. Palpi very short, 

 not extending beyond the head; third joint very small. Antennae 

 serrated. Legs stout; hind tibiae with two small apical spurs. 

 Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Wings rather long, 

 moderately broad. Fore wiugs very slightly convex in front, 

 rounded at the tips, very oblique along the exterior border ; first 

 and second inferior veins contiguous at the base ; third more than 

 twice further from the fourth than from the second. 



South America. 



1. Amydona htjmeralis. 



Mas. Fulva ; palpi, antenna, tibia tarsique nigra ; thorax f us cg 

 bifasciculatus, apud alas testaceus ; abdomen fasciis nigris 

 subtus interrupts ; aice anticce cervina, fasciis duabus undu- 

 losis angustis subobliquis fuscis maculaque intermedia lutea ; 

 posticce fusco unifasciata. 



Male. Tawny. Palpi and antennae black. Thorax with a 

 tuft of darkbrownhairs on each side, testaceous towards the wings. 

 Abdomen with black bands, which are widely interrupted on the un- 

 der side. Tibiae and tarsi black. Fore wings fawn-colour, with 

 two undulating slender slightly oblique brown bands, and a luteous 

 spot between them on the discal areolet. Hind wings with a single 

 slightly undulating and more oblique brown band. Length of the 

 'body 10 lines ; of the wings 27 lines. 

 a. Port Famine. Presented by C. Darwin, Esq. 



2. Amydona guttularis. 



Fcem. Testacea ; antennae nigra, apice fulva ; ala antica fasciis 



tribus angulosis aut guttularibus guttaque discali fuscis, pos- 



tica lutea, margine interiore testaceo. 



Female. Pale testaceous. Antennae black, slightly pectinated, 



tawny beneath towards the tips. Fore wings with three irregular 



' te zigzag brown bands, the outermost one interrupted and 



pblique 



