﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1009 



Genus 12. SIAVANA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis inediocriter long^a. Palpi por- 

 recti, validi, pilosi; articulus 3us 2i dimidio brevior. Antenuae 

 corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas pauUo superans. 

 Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticse ealcaribus vix lougis. Alae 

 mediocriter latse ; anticce apud costam rectae, apice rotiindatae, mar- 

 gine exteriore subobliquo vix convexo. Mas. — Antennae serratae. 

 Foe7ti. — Antennae subciliatae. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi porreet, stout, 

 pilose ; tbird joint less tban half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae more than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending 

 a little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, pilose ; spurs of the 

 hind tibiae hardly long. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, rounded at the tips, slightly oblique and very 

 slightly convex along the exterior border. Male, — Antennae ser- 

 rated. Female. — Antennae minutely ciliated. 



1. SlAVANA REPANDA. 



LuteO'Cervina ; alee ex parte pallida suhviolacece, fascia ohliqua 

 ohscuriore nonnunquam maculari nonnunquam subobsoleta ; 

 posticcB rarissime fasciatce. 



Luteous fawn-colour. Wings with a lilac tinge on the exterior 

 part, along the eosta and at the base, with an oblique sometimes 

 macular, sometimes almost obsolete band ; submarginal line undu- 

 lating, indistinct, often obsolete. Hind wings with the band gene- 

 rally obsolete. Length of the body 7 — 8 lines; of the wings 

 17—18 lines. 



a— e. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 13. SCOLIOPTERYX. 



Corpus robustum. Caput fasciculatum, Proboscis valida, sat 

 longa. Palpi longiusculi, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 2us vali- 

 dus, pilosus; 3us cylindricus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennas 

 validae, corporis dimidio non longiores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 vix superans. Pedes validi, dense vestiti ; tibiae posticae ealcaribus 

 longis validis. Alae mediocriter latag; anticae apud costam rectae, 

 apice subhamatae, margine exteriore angulato denticulato. Mas, — 

 Antennae pectinatae. Foem, — Antennae serratae. 



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