﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 997 



Luteous-ferrugiiious, pale beneath. Abdomen cinereous. 

 Legs whitish; tarsi blackish, with white tips to the joints. Fore 

 wings slightly cinereous along the costa, with an obscure luteous 

 spot near the interior border beyond the middle, adjoining a trans- 

 verse line of black dots, beyond which there is a slightly curved 

 white transverse line. Hind wings ferruginous, with a cupreous 

 tinge, pale along the fore border. Length of the body 7 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Genus 8. GONITIS. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi longi- 

 usculi, caput sup erantes ; articulus 3us saepissime longus, gracilis. 

 Antennae corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas plus 

 minusve superans. Pedes sat graciles, non pilosi ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus longissimis. Alae anticae mediocriter latae, apud costam 

 rectae, jnargine exteriore angulato, saepe excavato. Mas. — Antennae 

 saepe ciliato-serratag. Foem. — Antennae vix ciliatae. 



Gonitis, Guen, Noct, ii. 403. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi rather long, 

 ascending above the head ; third joint generally long and slender. 

 Antennae more than half the length of the body. Abdomen ex- 

 tending more or less beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender, 

 not pilose ; hind tibiae with very long spurs. Wings moderately 

 broad. Fore wings straight along the costa, acute at the tips ; ex- 

 terior border occasionally excavated on each side of the angle, 

 which is distinct. Male. — Antennae generally ciliate-serrate. 

 Female, — Antennae very minutely ciliated. 



West Indies. 



A. Alae anticae albo guttatae. 



A. Alae anticae cinereae. ... - editrix, Guen. 



B. Alae anticae non cinereae. 



A. Macula reniformis alba. - - properans. Walk. 



B. Macula reniformis subobsoleta. - - albitacta, Walk, 



B. Alas anticae non albo guttatae. 



A, Alae anticae cervinae. ... fractifera, Walk, 



B, Alae anticae testaceae. . - - - cosmioides, Walk. 



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