﻿LEPlDaPTERA HETEROCERA. VSii) 



Genus 3. BARDAXIMA. 



Mas. — Corpus sat robusUira. Caput cristatum. Proboscis 

 brevis. Palpi oblique ascendentes; articulus 2us sal validus, sul)- 

 tus pilosus ; :3us linearis, apice roluiidatus, 2o valde brevioret gra- 

 cilior. AiiieiiiJUD subsetosa?, corporis diiiiidio |)aullo loiigiores. 

 Abdomen cyliiidricum, lougissiraum, alas posticas dithidio superans, 

 valvulis duabus apicalibus ciiiatis. Pedes sat validi, dense pilosi ; 

 tibia posticue calcaribus lonj^is. AIcE angustae, non denticulatas ; 

 antica? apud costain rectu), apice subrotuiidataj, rnargiiic exleriore 

 perobliquo vix convexo. 



Male. — Body moderately stout. Head with a lonr^ crest. 

 Proboscis short. Palpi obliquely ascending-; second joint mode- 

 rately stout, pilose beneath ; third linear, rounded at the tip, much 

 shorter and more slender than the second. Antennfje very minutely 

 setose, a little njore than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 cylindrical, very long, extending for half its length beyond the hind 

 wings ; tip with two tufted valves. Legs rather stout ; femora and 

 tibiai densely clothed ; hind tilnaj with long spurs. Wings narrow, 

 not denticulated. Fore wiugs straigiit along the costa, somewhat 

 rounded at the tips, very oblique and hardly convex along the exte- 

 rior border. 



1. Bakdaxima lucilinea. 



Mas. Cervina, subtus cinerascens ; thorax antice nigro-fuscus ; 

 ahdouien cinereutn ; alee anticce uir^ro subconspersce, alriya 

 basalt obliqua lestacea, macula antica nigricante, plafja postica 

 fusca nigra vuria, costa apicem versus paUidiore, linea sub' 

 arcuata maculaqae postica nigris, lineis duabus transversis 

 fuscescenlibus, macula apud angulum interiorem albida ; 

 posliccB fuscescente-cinerece. 



Male, Fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath. Thorax blackish 

 brown in front. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings very slightly 

 speckled with black ; exterior part of the costa paler, and having 

 beiiind it a slightly curved black line; an oblique testaceous streak 

 near the base, having in front a blackish spot, and behind it a brown 

 patch varied with black ; two brownish transverse lines behind 

 the black line, the outer one joining a black spot on the outer part 

 of the interior border j a whitish spot by the interior angle. Jlind 

 wings brownish cinereous. Length of the body 13 lines; of the 

 wings 24 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



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