﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCERA. 1117 



4. Decelea SUBAPICALIS. 



Mas. Cinereo'fusca ; palporum articulus 3us 2o non brevior^ 

 apicem versus suhlatescens ; antennce serratce ; thorax nigro 

 fasciatus ; abdomen pallidum^ cristis fuscis ; alee anticce lineis 

 transversis undulatis nigris, fascia exteriors diffusa incom- 

 pleta alba, linea submarginali pallida undulata, lunulis mar- 

 ginalibus obscure fuscis, reniformi nigro marginata ; poslicce 

 cupreo'fuscce, basi pallidiores, lituris marginalibus ciliisque 

 albidis. 



Male, Cinereous-brown. Third joint of the palpi full as long 

 the second, slightly widening from the base to the tip. AntennsE; 

 strongly serrated. Thorax with a slender black band. Abdomen 

 paler; crests brown. Fore wings speckled with dark brown, with 

 transverse black undulating lines, the exterior one with a pale outer 

 border, and having beyond it a diffuse and incomplete white band ; 

 submarginal line whitish, undulating ; marginal lunules dark 

 brown; reniform spot with a black border. Hind wings cupreous- 

 brown, paler towards the base, with whitish marginal marks, and 

 with whitish ciliae. Length of the body 7 lines ; , of the wings 14 

 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Genus 29. ELOUSA. 



Foem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi longi 

 sat graciies, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 3us linearis, subacuraina- 

 tus, 2o vix brevior. Antennae corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen 

 non cristatum, alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi ; tibi© 

 posticae calcaribus posticis vix longis. Alae mediocres, denticulatae ; 

 anticae apud costam rectae, apice angulatse, margine exteriore 

 convexo. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi long, 

 rather slender, obliquely ascending ; third joint linear, slightly acu- 

 minated, almost as long as the second. Antennae more than half 

 the length of the body. Abdomen not crested, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibise with moderately 

 long spurs. Wings denticulated, moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, angular at the tips, moderately oblique along the 

 exterior border. 



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