﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1169 



a little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout; hind tibiae with 

 long spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore wings almost straight 

 along the costa, rounded at the tips, slightly convex, hardly oblique 

 and not denticulated along the exterior border. 



1. Gerespa prolata. 



Fcem. Nigricante-fuscay subtus albido-cinerea ; thorax squamo- 

 sus, subiridescens ; abdomen cinereo-cupreum ; alee anticce 

 obscure cupreo-fascce, lituris subobso/etis^ reniformi et guttis 

 marginalibas nigris ; posticce cupreo-fuscce, disco basali ciliis' 

 que ex parte albis. 



Female, Blackish brown, whitish cinereous beneath. Thorax 

 squamous, somewhat iridescent. Abdomen grayish cupreous. Fore 

 wings dark cupreous-brown ; the usual marks almost obsolete, 

 except the reuiform spot and the marginal dots, which are black. 

 Hind wings cupreous-brown ; disk white towards the base ; ciliae 

 white towards the interior angle and about the tips. Length of the 

 body 7i lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a, Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



Genus 6. BIULA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi ascendentes, 

 longiusculi, sat graciles ; articulus 3us pilosus, compressus, linearis, 

 apice rotundatus, 2i triente non lougior. Antennae corporis dimidio 

 longiores. Thorax squamosus. Abdomen alas posticas vix su- 

 perans. Pedes graciles ; tibias posticae calcaribus longis. Alae 

 mediocriter latae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice subrotundatae, 

 Diargine exteriore subconvexo sat obliquo vix denticulato. Mas, — 

 Antennae validae, subcrenulatae, subpubescentes. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 ascending, rather long and slender ; third joint pilose, compressed, 

 linear, rounded at the tip, forming an obtuse angle with the second, 

 and not more than one-third of its length. Antenna? more than half 

 the length of the body. Thorax somewhat squamous. Abdomen 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; hind 

 tibiae with long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight along the costa, somewhat rounded at the tips, slightly 

 convex, moderately oblique and hardly denticulated along the exte- 

 rior border. 3Iale, — Antennae stout, minutely crenulate and pu- 

 bescent. 



