﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1173 



Genus 1. HYPOCALA. 



Corpus robustum. Caput mediocre. Oculi magni. Proboscis 

 sat longa. Palpi porrecti, lali, arete applicati, rostrum fingentes ; 

 articulus f3us lanceolatus, 2o non brevior. Antennae corporis 

 dimidio non aut paullo breviores. Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticaB calcaribus longis. Alae 

 anticae mediocriter latae, apud costam reciae, apice subrotundatae, 

 margine exteriore subobliquo subconvexo. Mas. — Antennae ciliato 

 serratae. 



Partbenos, p., H'uhn, Verz. Schmett, 278. 

 Hypocala, Guen, Noct, iii. 73. 



Body stout. Head of moderate size. Eyes large. Proboscis 

 moderately long. Palpi porrect, very stout, closely applied together 

 and having the appearance of a short rostrum ; third joint lanceo- 

 late, as long as the second. Antennae about half the length of the 

 body or a little shorter. Abdomen exteuding a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Fore 

 winjgs moderately broad, straight in front, slightly rounded at the 

 tips, slightly oblique and slightly convex along the exterior border. 

 Male, — Antennae serrated with short ciliae. 



West Indies, 



1. Hypocala Pierreti. 



Mas. Flavescente-cinerea ; articulus 3ms rectus^ sat distinctus ; 

 antennce longiusculce, fasciculato ciliatcB, lineolis apud costam 

 transversis nigricantibus, macula reniformi semilunata nigri- 

 cante ; posticceflavce, macula discali margineque lato nigris, 



Hypocala Pierreti, Guen. Noct. iii. 77, 1425. 



Haiti. 



South America. 



2. Hypocala Andkemona. 



Cinereo-ferrvginosa ; abdomen luieum, fasciis nigris; alee anticce 

 linea obliqua apud angulum interiorem obliqua alba; posticce 

 nigrce, fascia discali angulata striga postica ciliisque luteis, 



Phalaena-Noctua Andremona, Cram, Pap, Exot, iv. 132, pi. 358, 

 f. C, D. 



