﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1231 



3. Graphigona ANTICA- 



F(Em. Cervina ; palpi fusci, articulo 2o intus alho ; antenncB 

 nigrcB^ suhtus testacece^ supra apices versus albce ; pectus et 

 abdomen flavescente-alha, hoc basi supra fuscum ; pedes fund ; 

 alcB anticce albo subconspersce^ macula magna discali testacea ; 

 posticcc Jiavescente-albce^ margine lato fusco. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Palpi brown ; second joint white on 

 the inner side. Proboscis ferruginous. Antennae black, testaceous 

 beneath, white above towards the tips. Pectus and abdomen 

 yellowish white; the latter brown at the base above. Legs brown. 

 Fore wings ferruginous-brown, with a few minute white flecks, and 

 with a large testaceous white-flecked discal spot ; under side with a 

 white broad slightly oblique discal band, which does not extend to 

 the borders. Hind wings yellowish white, with a broad brown bor- 

 der, which extends round the tip to three-fourths of the length of 

 the exterior border. Length of the body 15 lines ; of the wings 36 

 lines. 



Rto Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Subfam. 2. PHYLLODID^, Guen, 

 Genus 3. MINIODES. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis valida, non longa. Palpi 

 ascendentes; articulus 2us validus, pilosus ; 3us gracilis, linearis. 

 Antennae graciles, corporis dimidio paullo longiores. Abdomen alas 

 posticas vix supei:aiis. Pedes sat validi, vix pilosi : tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus sat longis. Alae latiusculae ; anticae apud costam vix 

 convexae, apice angulata?, margine exteriore obliquo subconvexo. 

 Mas. — Palporum articulus 3us longus, validus, 2o paullo brevior. 

 Antennae subpectinatae. Fcem. — Palporum articulus 3us brevis, 

 tenuis. 



Miniodes, Guen. Nod. iii. 119. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis stout, not long. Palpi 

 ascendiug ; second joint stout, pilose; third joint slender, linear. 

 Antennae slender, a little more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs mode- 

 rately stout, slightly pilose ; hind tibiae with moderately loug spurs. 

 Wings moderately broad. Fore wings very slightly convex along 



