﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROOERA. 1171 



spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight along the 

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

 exterior border, which is not denticulated. 



1. CORONTA SURREPENS. 



Mas. Cinerea, subtus albida ; thorax fasciis nigris albo margi- 

 nalise strigis duabus luteralibus cervinis ; abdomen apice 

 album ; alee anticce pallide subpurpurascentes, fasciis incom- 

 pletis cervinis nigro marginatis, reniformi magna, albida, 

 tinea submarginali albida undulata extus cupreo-cervino mar- 

 ginata, lunulis marginalibus magnis nigris ; posticce albccy 

 marginibus latissimis cupreo-fuscis, ciliis albis, 



Male. Cinereous, whitish beneath. Thorax with black white- 

 bordered bands, and with a fawn-coloured streak at the base of each 

 fore wing. Abdomen with a white apical tutt. Fore wings with a 

 pale purplish tinge, and with incomplete cupreous fawn-coloured 

 black-bordered bands ; reniform spot large, mostly whitish ; submar- 

 ginal line whitish, undulating, bordered on its outer side with 

 cupreous fawn-colour; marginal lunules large, black. Hind wings 

 white, with very broad cupieous-brown borders ; ciliae white, with 

 the exception of a brown streak. Length of the body 7 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



Haiti. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 8. DIOPA. 



Fcem, Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi validi, 

 ascendentes ; articulus 3us linearis, gracilis, apice rotundatus, 2i 

 dimidio non longior. Antennae validae, simplices, corporis dimidio 

 longiores. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans ; segmenta lo 

 ud 3um cristata. Pedes Viiiidi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longissi- 

 mis. Alae sat angustae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotun- 

 datae, margine exteriore subobliquo subconvexo vix deuticulato. 



Female, Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi stout, ascending ; 

 third joint linear, rounded at the lip, much more slender than the 

 second and about half its length. Antennae stout, simple, much 

 more than half the length of the body. Abdomen strongly crested 

 on the tirst, second and third segments, extending for about 

 one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; hind 



