﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1097 



4. Hypogramma Damonia. 



Ferruginea ; alcB nigro-fiiscce, lineis transversis variis cinereis, 

 fascia exteriore alba cervino varia ; poaiiccB tinea marginali 

 albida, apud marginem inieriorem ferruginece. 



Pbalaena-Noctua Damouia, Cram. Pap, JExoL iv. 71, pi. 324, 



f. B, C- 

 Hypogramma Damonia, Guen, Noct, iii. 33, 1363. 



Surinam. 



5. Hypogramma sublucida. 



Fusca ; abdomen cinereo-fuscum ; alee anticce lineis transversis 

 undulatis plagisque nonnullis nigris, fascia exteriore albida ; 

 posticce apice albce. 



Brown. Body cinereous beneath. Abdomen cinereous-brown. 

 Fore wings with irregular transverse black undulating lines, and 

 with a few black patches ; a whitish band beyond the middle, white 

 beneath and corresponding to the white tips of the hind wings. 

 Hind wings with snow-white tips ; under side cinereous from the 

 base to the middle, where there are two slight brown bands. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



Genus 12. BKIADA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi ascen- 

 dentes, erecti ; articulus 3us gracilis, cylindricus, 2i dimidio lon- 

 gior. Antennae graciles, simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. 

 Abdomen subcristatum, alas posticas vix superans. Pedes validi, 

 dense pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longissimis. Alae medio- 

 criter latae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice subangulatae, margine 

 exteriore denticulato, sat obliquo. 



Body hardly stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi ascending, 

 vertical, rather long; second joint stout; third slender, cylindrical, 

 more than half the length of the second. Antennae slender, simple, 

 much more than half the length of the body. Thorax with the lap- 

 pets somewhat diverging. Abdomen slightly crested, hardly ex- 

 lending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, thickly pilose ; hind 

 tibiae with very long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, slightly angular at the tips, denticulated and 

 rather oblique along the exterior border. 



