﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEHA. 1113 



Male. Brown, cinereous beneath. Abdomen pale cinereous. 

 Fore wings with transverse undulating black lines, which are ac- 

 companied by diffuse and incomplete whitish bands ; submarginal 

 line reddish testaceous; a large discal mark composed of two 

 incomplete reddish testaceous black-bordered ringlets, which inter- 

 sect each other. Hind wings aeneous-brown, with two indistinct 

 exterior undulating dark brown pale-bordered lines. Length of the 

 body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 26. LUSIA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi longius- 

 culi, vix arcuati, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 2us vix robustus, 

 subpilosus ; 3us linearis, gracillimus, apice acutus, 2o non brevior. 

 Antennae graciles, vix ciliatae, corporis dimidio paullo longiores. 

 Thoracis tegulae long£e, sat angustse. Abdomen alas posticas non 

 superans. Pedes graciles, subpilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus lon- 

 gissimis. Alae mediocres, subdenticulatae ; anticae apud costam vix 

 convexae, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore angulum interiorein 

 versus excavato. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 rather long, obliquely ascending, very slightly curved ; second joint 

 hardly stout, slightly pilose ; third linear, very slender, acute at the 

 tip, as long as the second. Antennae slender, a little more than 

 half the length of the body ; ciliae few and very short. Thorax with 

 rather long and narrow lappets. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs slender, slightly pilose ; hind tibiae with very 

 long spurs. Wings moderately broad, slightly denticulated. Fore 

 wings hardly convex in front, slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior 

 border not oblique in front, but moderately oblique along the exte- 

 rior half. 



1. LuSIA GEOMETROIDES. 



Mas. Fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; alee pvnetis supra paucis sub- 

 tus plurimis fasciisque duabus punctatis valde incompletis 

 albis ; anticce macula subapieali alba. 



Male. Brown. Abdomen cinereous. Wings with a few 

 white flecks, some of which form two very incomplete dotted bands ; 

 ciliae with white marks ; under side with the white flecks more 



