﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEEA. 1007 



Genus 10. SCOEDISA. 



Mas, Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis niediocriter longa. Palpi 

 asceudentes ; articulus 2us validus, pilosus ; 3us lanceolaius, graci- 

 lis, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae ciliatae, corporis dimidio longiores. 

 Abdomen lonjjiusculum, alas posticas fere triente superans. Pedes 

 graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alae mediocriier latae ; 

 anticae apud costara rectae, apice rectangulatae, margine exteriore 

 angulato. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi ascending ; second joint stout, pilose ; third lanceolate, slen- 

 der, less than half the length of the second. Antennas ciliated, 

 more than half the len«;th of the body. Abdomen rather long, ex- 

 tending for near one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs slender ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings moderately 

 broad. Fore wings straight along the costa, rectangular at the tips ; 

 exterior border forming a distinct but somewhat rounded angle. 



1. SCOEDISA DESIGNANS. 



Mas. Rufescente-cervina,stibtus cinerea ; abdomen cinereum ; alee 

 anticce lineis trihus transversis undulatis nigricantihus^ \a dis- 

 cali^ 2a antice abhy^eviata^ 3a postice abbreviata^ intus Jlexa, 

 linen submarginali valde indistincta^ orbiculari et reniformi e 

 gutta maculaque albis ; posticce aceneo-fuscce. 



Male. Eeddish fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Abdomen 

 cinereous. Fore wings with three transverse undulating blackish 

 lines, the first abbreviated at each end, the second extending from 

 the interior border to the reniform spot, the third extending from the 

 costa to the disk, where it is inclined inward and joins the second 

 submarginal line, very indistinct ; orbicular spot represented by a 

 white doi, reniform by a small white spot. Hind wings aeneous- 

 brown. Length of the body 8J lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 11. TARGALLA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Caput fasciculatum. Proboscis 

 mediocriter longa. Palpi ascendentes, validi ,• articulus 3us cylin- 

 jdricus, 2i dimidio longior. Antennae validae, simplices, corporis 



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