﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1035 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Fore wings slightly speckled 

 with brown ; reniform spot testaceous, its border partly ferruginous ; 

 submarginal line irregular and incomplete, composed of a few fer- 

 ruginous spots ; a row of brown marginal dots. Hind wings 

 aeneous-brown, with pale ciliae. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 20 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Fam.3. STILBID^. 



Palpi remoti, squamosi, articulis vix distinctis. Thorax bre- 

 vis, globulosus, squaraosus, laevis. Mas, — Abdomen gracile. Fcem, 

 — Abdomen fusiforme, incrassatum. 



SlilbidsE, Guen, NocL ii. 433. 



Palpi remote, squamose ; the joints hardly distinct. Thorax 

 short, globose, squamose, smooth. Male. — Abdomen slender. 

 Female, — Abdomen fusiform, inci'assated. 



Genus 1. STILBIA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi breves, gra- 

 cijes, subascendentes ; articulus 3us minutus, conicus. Antennse 

 corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. 

 Pedes graciles, longiusculi ; tibise posticas calcavibus sat longis. 

 Alae angustae, longiusculas ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotun- 

 datae, margiue exteriore perobliquo. Mas. — Antennae subcrenulatae. 



Stilbia, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Hausi. iii. 124 ; Boisd. ; Dup. ; 

 Guen. Noct. ii. 433. 



Body slender. Proboscis short, slender. Palpi short, slender, 

 slightly ascending; third joint minute, conical. Antenna? more 

 than half the length of the body. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Le2:s slender, rather long ; hind tibiae with mode- 

 rately long spurs. Wings narrow, rather long. Fore wings straight 

 along the costa, rounded at the tips ; exterior border very oblique. 

 Male. — Antennae minutely crenulated. 



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