﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA, 1247 



sat validse, corporis dimidio multo longiores. Abdomen subcylin- 

 dricum, alas posticas non superans. Pedes pilosi, sat validi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus longis. Alae lalae, non denticulataE ; anticae 

 subfalcatae, apud coslam subconvexse, margine exteriore subobliquo 

 fere recto. Mas, — Antennae dense cilia to-serratae. 



Blosyris, Huhn. Verz, Schmett. 273. Guen, Nod. iii. 135. 

 Thermesia, p., Huhn. Verz. Schmett, 270. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 long, compressed, erect; second joint stout, slightly curved, densely 

 pilose beneath ; third subclavate, rather slender, very much shorter 

 than the second. Antennae rather stout, very much more than half 

 the length of the body. Abdomen nearly cylindrical, extending as 

 far as the hind wings. Legs rather stout; femora and tibiae pilose; 

 hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings broad, not denticulated. Fore 

 wings slightly convex along the costa, subfalcate at the tips, 

 almost straight and slightly oblique along the exterior border. 

 Male, — Antennae thickly ciliate-serrate. 



West Indies. 



1. Blosyris Acron. 



Cervina ; alcefiiscescentes, guttis suhmarginalibus alhis nigro semi- 

 marginatis ; anticcs vitta costali extus dilatata fasciaque 

 exteriore connexis necnon plaga postica interiore cervinis, 

 lituris variiSf linea transversa angulata exteriore strigaque 

 ohliqua apicali nigris ; posticce linea transversa undulata 

 duplicata nigricante, fascia exteriore cervina, 



Phalaena-Noctua Acron, Cram, Pap, Exot. iii. 59, pi. 227, f. B, 



Oliv, Enc. Meth. viii. 20. 

 Thermesia Acronias, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 270, 2658. 

 Blosyris Acron, Guen, Noct, iii. 138, 1518. 



Berbice. 



2. Blosyris? Opigena. 



BadiO'fusca ; alee angulatce strigis nonnullis undulatis ei dentatis 

 communihus obscurioribns. 



Phalsena (Noctua) Opigena, Drury^ Ins, Exot, ii. 39, pi. 22, f. 4. 



App. ii. 

 Erebus? Opigena, Westiv,ed, Drurg, ii. 41, pi. 22, f. 4. 



Jamaica. 



