﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA, 1083 



lated, with numerous fine ciliae. Thorax squamose, subquadrate 

 lappets long, remote. Abdomen long, convex, couical, furnished 

 with squamose crests. Legs long ; tibiae tufted at the base ; hind 

 tibiae with long spurs. Wings stout, slightly denticulate, alike in 

 markings ; the spots and lines indeterminate. Fore wings straight 

 along the costa, hardly falcate at the tips ; exterior border slightly 

 concave in front, rather oblique hindward. 



This genus seems to be allied to the Pyralites, 



1. Stimmia carneomacula. 



Mas. Fasca ; thorax antice carneuSy punctis rufis ; abdomen 

 cristis tribus rufescente variis ; alcB anticce violaceo tinctcE^ 

 basi et spatio submarginali chalybeis, lineis confusis et inter- 

 ruptis obscurioribus, orbiculari punctiformi^ reniformi nigra^ 

 macula exteriore magna rotundata carnea lineam nigram in- 

 cludente^ punctis submarginalibus strigisque marginalibus 

 carneisy punctis marginalibus nigricantibus ; posticce apud 

 discum carnea rufescente nigroque conspersce, macula magna 

 nigra, macula exteriore ex parte schistaceo-fusca, 



Stimmia carneomacula, Guen. Noct. iii. 24, 1350. 



Cayenne. 



2. Stimmia scoria. 



Nigricante-fusca ; palporum articulus 3us longus, tenuis, acumi- 

 natus ; alee purpurascente tinctce, lineis maculisque fusco- 

 nigris, linea submarginali maculari ; anticce orbiculari 

 punctlformi, reniformi plena. 



Pyralis praecisalis ? Hiibn. Zutr. f. 367, 368. 

 Stimmia scoria, Guen. Noct, iii. 24, 1351. 



Cayenne. 



Genus 4. CAMPOMETEA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi gra- 

 ciles, oblique ascendentes; articulus 2us arcuatus; 3us rectus, fusi- 

 formis. Antennae crenulatae, ciliis verticillatis. Thorax quadratus, 

 villoso-squamosus ; tegulae remotae, apice elevatae. Abdomen cylin- 

 dricum, cristatum, apice obtusum et villosum, alas posticas vix 

 superans. Pedes mediocres, vix pilosi. Alae mediocriter latae, vix 



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